FCC Faces Heat Over Disclosure Requirements in Net Neutrality Rules

Billing World ^ | June 8th | Josh Long

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Rules that are designed to protect the openness of the Internet may not take effect until late this year because the Federal Communications Commission is continuing to review comments that raise concerns over broadband providers’ obligations to disclose certain information to consumers.

The deadline for submitting the comments was on April 11, but public documents reflect that FCC officials have been meeting with representatives of the communications industry as recently as last week over specific disclosure requirements that the FCC imposed last December in an order that prohibits broadband providers from blocking lawful content or unreasonable discriminating on their networks.

That means the FCC’s Open Internet Order, or so-called Network neutrality rules, may not take effect until the fall or possibly later.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

This whole Net Neutrality issue is as corrupt as can be. The FCC is only listening to marxists, and at the same time they're constructing everything in the shadows.

[SengirV]

It wouldn’t be needed if the telcos listened to their customers.

[drypowder]

I understand the annual Bilderberg meeting started today and supposedly one of the most important subjects to be discussed is controlling the Internet. Apparently this group don’t like free exchange of ideas especially if the ideas don't serve their agenda.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

-—————It wouldn’t be needed if the telcos listened to their customers.-—————

The FCC needs to stonewall?

[SengirV]

I”m not saying that any party smells like roses. But the telco’s brought this upon themselves by mucking with the flow of traffic on the internet. Big business opened the door for this kind of foolishness. If they had left the internet alone, like they had for 20 years instead of trying to monetize the bits/bytes, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

———————I’m not saying that any party smells like roses.-—————

Who cares about the parties?

-—————But the telco’s brought this upon themselves—————

The telcos brought marxism upon themselves? You’re willing to give up your freedom just to get back at the telcos?

[SengirV]

Parties being “FCC” and “telcos”.

Are you willing to let businesses dictate to you, what you want. You are willing to allow businesses to purposely provide substandard service, especially when these businesses are monopolies, or conspire amongst themselves in an oligopoly?

There is a line that eventually gets crossed, when businesses abuse their customers to the point where an outside entity(unfortunately the FCC) has to become involved. I”m not cheering the FCC here, I despise them. But when the telcos BREAK the internet to nickel and dime their customers on every bit they access, then the telcos have gone too far.

AGAIN - I AM NOT A FAN OF EITHER OF THEM. But the telcos brought this upon themselves.

What is your line the telcos would have to cross in order for the feds to get involved? And please spare me the “go with another provider” piece of bull flop. There are VERY few options for HSIA, and each are fully prepared to do the same exact thing to you. There is no alternative when all telcos do it.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

——————Parties being “FCC” and “telcos”.——————

Fair enough.

-———————Are you willing to let businesses dictate to you, what you want.——————

No, which is why I like having the ability to sue.

I can’t sue the government. When the government starts dictating content via net neutrality, who can I sue?

I’ll have no recourse for their misdeeds.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

—————What is your line the telcos would have to cross in order for the feds to get involved?————

Never.

There is no line.

I will not surrender my freedom in order to get back at any person or group. Price too high.

That’s what lawsuits are for. There’s no need to surrender my freedom to the feds.

[SengirV]

Relying on lawsuits of individuals against multibillion dollar companies are unfortunately no longer a means for justice. IT simply is not.

If there is no line a company can cross, then there is no use continuing this discussion. Strict adherence to companies having total power is almost as bad as governments having total control. Even more so these days were very few companies can offer services such as HSIA, phone, electriciyt, etc...

Please do not make it out as business has any kind of morality built in, it does not.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

—————Relying on lawsuits of individuals against multibillion dollar companies are unfortunately no longer a means for justice.-————

Then update the laws.

Totalitarianism as a solution is simply unacceptable.

—————If there is no line a company can cross, then there is no use continuing this discussion.—————

You took my words out of context.

[SengirV]

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5918/159/

There is no recourse, Lawsuits are a joke. The ISPs will own the internet, which is the exact opposite of the original intent.

Enjoy your shackles, you’ve earned it.