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Why the F.C.C. Should Heed President Obama on Internet Regulation
New York Times ^ | November 14, 2014 | Editorial Board

Posted on 11/15/2014 8:25:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Big telecommunications companies and many Republicans in Congress have criticized President Obama’s proposal for strong rules to prevent the creation of fast and slow lanes on the Internet. They claim this is heavy-handed government regulation. But in fact, it is correcting an old mistake.

Even if broadband is reclassified as a telecommunications service, no one is talking about having federal regulators approve consumer rates or requiring companies to lease their networks to competitors. What Mr. Obama wants is an Internet where service providers handle all content sent and received by consumers equally. His approach takes into account what has happened in the past decade, and it levels the playing field for businesses and protects consumer choice.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: internet; obama
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1 posted on 11/15/2014 8:25:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh, what a surprise, it’s the New York Slimes.


2 posted on 11/15/2014 8:27:39 AM PST by wastedyears (I may be stupid, but at least I'm not Darwin Awards stupid.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The FCC should turn the internet into a utility so they can regulate it? How the hell do they have jurisdiction as it is???


3 posted on 11/15/2014 8:29:30 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

FUBO


4 posted on 11/15/2014 8:29:31 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bull shi...er...bull Obamastuff.

It is wonderful watching the NYT trashing an already laughable reputation.


5 posted on 11/15/2014 8:30:09 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

” Even if broadband is reclassified as a telecommunications service, no one is talking about having federal regulators approve consumer rates or requiring companies to lease their networks to competitors.”

We heard similarly constructed arguments for 0bamacare.


6 posted on 11/15/2014 8:30:59 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: a fool in paradise

They don’t, as far as terrorist conspiracy and digital piracy is concerned. Either they aren’t trying or the digital crime community is more massive than the government can handle.


7 posted on 11/15/2014 8:32:57 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
they simply want to TAX it...
8 posted on 11/15/2014 8:33:59 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
no one is talking about having federal regulators approve consumer rates or requiring companies to lease their networks to competitors.......... YET.
9 posted on 11/15/2014 8:34:39 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Morpheus2009

The FCC sees broadcast radio and television as a fading technology and seeks to maintain their power and authority over media.

Why don’t they regulate printing presses since books and CDs and records have been bootlegged for decades?


10 posted on 11/15/2014 8:36:07 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No one should ever heed Obama’s advice. If it must be done, wait until his term is over. We all know this president will lie, cheat, do whatever it takes to further his agenda.


11 posted on 11/15/2014 8:40:32 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: a fool in paradise

They need to maintain the image of power and competence. A lot of people are gullible enough to believe exaggeration as well. My own experience though, shows that real power over the internet or even broadcasted information, is actually limited.


12 posted on 11/15/2014 8:43:29 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009

FEC is seeking power over the internet too. Not over foreign contributions to campaigns. Nope, political blogs that favor one candidate over another.


13 posted on 11/15/2014 8:44:26 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another steaming pile, extruded for the Clown in Chief, by the old gay lady.


14 posted on 11/15/2014 8:48:53 AM PST by glock rocks (Whenever I find myself in a conundrum, I ask myself: What would Elvis do?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
When the left says
No one is talking about...[you can fill in the blank]
you know that they have exactly that in mind.
15 posted on 11/15/2014 8:49:29 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The NY times thinks asking Paulie to be a partner in your restaurant is a good idea.

As with all Government “solutions”, the cure is worse than the disease.


16 posted on 11/15/2014 8:52:14 AM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: ViLaLuz
no one is talking about having federal regulators approve consumer rates or requiring companies to lease their networks to competitors.

No, they're talking about something much worse: forcing telecom service providers to give their bandwidth to competitors for nothing.

These morons don't understand [or, like Gruber, are deliberately lying] about the fact that the ability to redirect traffic is a means of forcing your competitors to provide free bandwidth to you.

17 posted on 11/15/2014 8:55:30 AM PST by FredZarguna (Jean à de longues moustaches. Je répète: Jean à de longues moustaches.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Even if broadband is reclassified as a telecommunications service, no one is talking about having federal regulators approve consumer rates or requiring companies to lease their networks to competitors

Yet...

18 posted on 11/15/2014 9:04:38 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now, it’s time to identify the name and video recordings of the elitist professor “Grubers” who’ve devised the argument to “fool” the “stupid” Americans on this one! Somewhere, they exist among the so-called “intellectual” advisers handpicked to disguise “up” as “down” and “backward” as “forward” in the “progressive” lexicon.


19 posted on 11/15/2014 9:07:39 AM PST by loveliberty2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hands off my internet Obamao. The internet pipe shouldn’t be treated like a water pipe where some jackboot can turn my water on and off at will. Nor should it be that the government can tell me what I can and cannot access online and at what speed.


20 posted on 11/15/2014 9:07:54 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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