Posted on 03/12/2015 9:48:41 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks for posting.
Price Fixing ?
“We have to destroy the Internet before we read it”
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/recentReleases.do
Arrow down to section: FCC Releases Open Internet Report ...
The section contains 6 related documents FCC-15-24A1 through FCC-15-24A6 in various formats.
A2-A6 are supplementary statements by FCC committee members.
1. The open Internet drives the American economy and serves, every day, as a critical tool for America’s citizens to conduct commerce, communicate, educate, entertain, and engage in the world around them. The benefits of an open Internet are undisputed. But it must remain open: open for commerce, innovation, and speech; open for consumers and for the innovation created by applications developers and content companies; and open for expansion and investment by America’s broadband providers. For over a decade, the Commission has been committed to protecting and promoting an open Internet.
2. Four years ago, the Commission adopted open Internet rules to protect and promote the “virtuous cycle” that drives innovation and investment on the Internet—both at the “edges” of the network, as well as in the network itself. In the years that those rules were in place, significant investment and groundbreaking innovation continued to define the broadband marketplace. For example, according to US Telecom, broadband providers invested $212 billion in the three years following adoption of the rules—from 2011 to 2013—more than in any three year period since 2002.
3. Likewise, innovation at the edge moves forward unabated. For example, 2010 was the first year that the majority of Netflix customers received their video content via online streaming rather than via DVDs in red envelopes. Today, Netflix sends the most peak downstream traffic in North America of any company. Other innovative service providers have experienced extraordinary growth— Etsy reports that it has grown from $314 million in merchandise sales in 2010 to $1.35 billion in merchandise sales in 2013. And, just as importantly, new kinds of innovative businesses are busy being born. In the video space alone, in just the last sixth months, CBS and HBO have announced new plans for streaming their content free of cable subscriptions; DISH has launched a new package of channels that includes ESPN, and Sony is not far behind; and Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks has announced a new over-the-top service providing bandwidth-intensive programming. This year, Amazon took home two Golden Globes for its new series “Transparent.”
I'm just speechless.
Why doesn't congress do the things it should? Because it is not in the individual electoral interest of enough members, neither congressmen nor senators.
What brought this about is the 17th Amendment, which corrupted the senate and created horrid, pompous, three term congressmen unattached to anything except their reelection.
I have been bringing up Inherent Contempt for 2 years now, finally someone looked up the relevant cases to provide a little more depth as to the REAL POWER CONGRESS has.
I agree with your assessment on the 17th, they are beholden only to their bribers/contributors instead of the State Legislatures and the People.
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