7 Things We Know About the New Net Neutrality Regulations Even Without the ‘Confidential’ Documents

Independent Journal Review ^ | 02/28/2015 | Michael Hausam

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The FCC passed the internet regulating “net neutrality” rules on Thursday and questions abound. But there are some things we do know, and here’s a summary:

1. No one but the administration knows exactly what’s in it. The vote passed on a party-line 3 to 2 vote, with one of the Republicans including a 9-page dissent.
2. The internet will now be treated like a public utility.
3. The most commonly understood regulation will be the elimination of a broadband provider’s ability to prioritize or adjust the speed of content based upon their noteworthy financial arrangements with providers.
4. George Soros and the Ford Foundation donated almost $200 million to support a marketing campaign in favor of the new rules.
5. The fight has only just begun. Congress may get involved with new legislation, and lawsuits are likely to be filed. If a Republican wins the White House in 2016, the party makeup of the FCC will reverse and new regulations could be passed.
6. Most broadband companies were opposed to the new rules, whereas many content providers supported it.
7. The full details won’t be known until the printing of the next Federal Register.

In the midst of all the clamor, hoopla, and discussions, there were two entertaining things that occurred this week related to the controversy.

Firstly, a poster mocking FCC head Tom Wheeler appeared all over Washington D.C. The poster reads “Boot Licker,” making reference to how Wheeler’s followed the administration’s heavy-handed lead on the regulation.

It says “Obama’s B*tch” in the background. They were put up near Wheeler’s Georgtown home, around the Mall, and in front of the FCC’s downtown headquarters.

Secondly, in response to the vote, Verizon published its own castigation of the new regulations, saying it was a throwback to 1930s-style archaic regulation. And they did it in Morse code (with a link to printed English):

[publius911]

If there isn’t anything insidious in the new regulations, why would they be hiding them from scrutiny

For the same reason that Obungo's first job as president was to hide his entire life, including all education records from public scrutiny- by executive order.

The magnitude of his incompetence has yet to be revealed.

[USAF80]

You can do local using minimal equipment but you can’t do long haul without using some of the big boys.

[ClearCase_guy]

The poster of the Boot Licker sort of reminds me of this from France, May 1968:

The government isn't who you think it is. It isn't de Gaulle. It's really something awful.

[captmar-vell]

nothing this vile obama administration does is to increase persona freedoms,

this is ultimately all about control, power and being able to influence and shape any and all online narratives to follow the state message or else face consequences,

[murron]

Being as the FCC didn’t have the authority to do this in the first place, a new Republican president’s FCC appointees changing the regs will set a precedent that now solidifies an authority that they did not have. I won’t hold my breath that Congress will do anything. Hopefully court challenges will occur and be successful, but I won’t be surprised if the results aren’t any different than the Healthcare debacle of SCOTUS in 2012. I haven’t been able to enjoy surfing the Net since I heard about this on Rush last Tuesday. And now add to this the bullet grab thing, I am so worried for my children and grandchildren.

[murron]

I wouldn’t be surprised if George Soros hasn’t bought off Boehner and McConnell and that’s why they keep voting with the Dems and Obama.

[LaRueLaDue]

“You can do a local short haul version of the net. Something for CW2.”

Yeah, I decided to keep my old 56K modem a few months ago, and to brush-up on how to set up UUCP; just in case. It may come sooner than we think.

[TBP]

Tyranny on the march.

[willywill]

if george soros wants it you can bet its anti christian, anti american and marxist.

[Mozilla]

Very similar to the NewsMax article that I was reading only because it was one of the sites as part of the startup homepages on one of my browsers:
Http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/seven-reasons-net-neutrality-threat/2015/02/27/id/627247/