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FCC & Net Neutrality: Let the Real Rumble Begin
Big Government ^ | Capitol Confidential

Posted on 09/20/2011 6:42:44 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing

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1 posted on 09/20/2011 6:42:51 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: 2nd amendment mama

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2 posted on 09/20/2011 6:46:58 AM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Net Neutrality is bad policy that will hurt consumers and frankly is down right illegal. Hopefully with an all-hands-on-deck approach, we can come together to stop net neutrality as quickly as possible.

The same argument all over again. How is letting major telco monetize every bit going over the internet HELPing consumers exactly? Paying more for less functionality IS the future, if the telco's have their way. Thanks to them carving up the country, there is precious little choice for consumers at their house, when it comes to internet options.

The present form of net neutrality is BAD. But some of the core points of it are not.

3 posted on 09/20/2011 6:49:46 AM PDT by SengirV
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To: SengirV

——————The same argument all over again.——————

It’s the same marxists over and over again.

They don’t change. Their goal hasn’t changed. Why would my argument change?

-————How is letting major telco monetize every bit going over the internet HELPing consumers exactly? Paying more for less functionality IS the future, if the telco’s have their way.-————

This is disconnected from reality, in two ways. Regulations have an inherent cost to them. Studies have been done that prove how expensive regulations get.

Net neutrality will make things more expensive, not less.

The second way that this is disconnected from reality is only looking at this from an economic aspected. These marxists pushing all of this could care less about your 39.95 or 79.95 or whatever per month you pay for your broadband. This is about freedom. It always is for marxists. It was in Cuba, it was in Russia, it was and still is in China. To think that marxists have now somehow changed just because the internet is on the line is an equivalent of burning history books.

-————The present form of net neutrality is BAD. But some of the core points of it are not.-—————

As a birthchild of marxist thought, every single part of it are bad. Even those parts which seem good on the surface, are nothing more than a means to an end. This is a historical truth for this type of ideology.


4 posted on 09/20/2011 7:06:32 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing ( Media doesn't report, It advertises. So that last advertisement you just read, what was it worth?)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

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5 posted on 09/20/2011 7:12:58 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

What the hell, I thought this was OVER!!! That’s what the headlines said 3 months ago right here at FR.


6 posted on 09/20/2011 7:14:11 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I am in the business of providing broadband Internet services. There is no doubt in my mind that I will be raising my prices.

There are embedded in the rules record keeping and log maintenance rules that will require me to alter my practices. You see my company isn’t large enough to afford the equipment necessary to restrict bandwidth from certain places or with certain content. If you buy a 4 meg package you get 4 megs.

BUT I will STILL have to keep logs for years, fill out some stupid paperwork reports, and I am sure spend time responding to complaints. I may have to buy some other pieces of hardware so I can monitor every connection to make sure they are getting the full boat. And I will have to gather statistics so I can post them “conspicuously” on my web site so as to be “more transparent”. I figure that at a minimum my monthly price will have to increase by at least $5 to cover these additional costs.

I may have to raise it more after I read the entire rules as posted but $5 is a starting point.

My customers can thank the FCC.


7 posted on 09/20/2011 7:23:27 AM PDT by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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To: combat_boots

Thanks. I hope you don’t mind, but some of what you posted has relevance in what I posted last night so I copied it there. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2780825/posts


8 posted on 09/20/2011 7:28:34 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing ( Media doesn't report, It advertises. So that last advertisement you just read, what was it worth?)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

The glorious revolution is never over. It’s only put on hold for a period of time.


9 posted on 09/20/2011 7:29:37 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing ( Media doesn't report, It advertises. So that last advertisement you just read, what was it worth?)
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10 posted on 09/20/2011 7:33:19 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

bump.


12 posted on 09/20/2011 7:43:27 AM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Wasn’t the FCC already slapped down by the courts who said they did not have the legal authority to regulate the Internet? So much for the rule of law in this country.


13 posted on 09/20/2011 7:45:59 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

My apologies. I have only briefly leafed through FR and didn’t realize you’d posted this previously.


14 posted on 09/20/2011 7:48:03 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

COMING SOON: GHETTO INTARWEBZ

15 posted on 09/20/2011 7:48:39 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: combat_boots

Your post was good. It was similar to what I had already posted, but different.


16 posted on 09/20/2011 7:54:07 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing ( Media doesn't report, It advertises. So that last advertisement you just read, what was it worth?)
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17 posted on 09/20/2011 8:07:52 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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18 posted on 09/20/2011 8:20:04 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag; Halfmanhalfamazing
What the hell, I thought this was OVER!!! That’s what the headlines said 3 months ago right here at FR.

Fairness doctrine is over. But that hasn't prevented some people from following the astroturf to purposely confuse net neutrality with it or any other bad policy.

19 posted on 09/20/2011 3:26:48 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: msrngtp2002
There are embedded in the rules record keeping and log maintenance rules that will require me to alter my practices.

The words "if applicable" precede traffic limiting disclosure requirements. It sounds like you don't have the kind of equipment needed to violate net neutrality, so that part would be easy. If you know your business, you should be able to comply with this rule in about half an hour, and publish it to your users.

Don't believe the scaremongers. They're just doing the bidding of the big telcos that stand to lose their ability to secretly screw their customers.

20 posted on 09/20/2011 3:38:22 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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