Net Neutrality is dead

[Riley]

Here's a decent article that addresses some of the regulatory overreach corrected by the removal, again, of NN.

https://www.redstate.com/neil_stevens/2017/12/15/net-neutrality-happened-whats-next/

Cliff notes: "First off, in the FCC’s own words, here’s what their vote Thursday actually does:

Restores the classification of broadband Internet access service as an “information service” under Title I of the Communications Act – the classification affirmed by the Supreme Court in the 2005 Brand X case.

This is what Barack Obama’s Open Internet Order (aka Net Neutrality) was really all about"

"Restores the classification of broadband Internet access service as an “information service” under Title I of the Communications Act—the classification affirmed by the Supreme Court in the 2005 Brand X case."

"Restores broadband consumer protection authority to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), enabling it to apply its extensive expertise to provide uniform online protections against unfair, deceptive, and anti-competitive practices."

 

[Dave70968]

Who are they going to "pay off" that will risk their career for such a scheme? And, are you saying Comcast is corrupt and would engage in such activity? Does Comcast have a record of engaging in such corruption before "Net Neutrality" was implemented? What about any other ISPs?

I believe "Net Neutrality" is nothing more than socialist doctrine implemented to support its own weak and failing agenda.

Woody

You're not actually reading the other posts, are you?

Comcast specifically:
COMCAST: In 2005, the nation’s largest ISP, Comcast, began secretly blocking peer-to-peer technologies that its customers were using over its network. Users of services like BitTorrent and Gnutella were unable to connect to these services. 2007 investigations from the Associated Press, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others confirmed that Comcast was indeed blocking or slowing file-sharing applications without disclosing this fact to its customers.

 

[caojyn]

You're not actually reading the other posts, are you?

Lol

 

[SMS]

Who are they going to "pay off" that will risk their career for such a scheme? And, are you saying Comcast is corrupt and would engage in such activity? Does Comcast have a record of engaging in such corruption before "Net Neutrality" was implemented? What about any other ISPs?

I believe "Net Neutrality" is nothing more than socialist doctrine implemented to support its own weak and failing agenda.

Woody

If that’s truly what you think this is about...you are woefully misinformed on the subject.

As stated, big business is just as bad, if not worse, than big government.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Government is also there to protect a free market. That can also mean stepping in to stop "big business" that is big enough to squash the free market on their own.

Big .gov may be bad, but big business is just as bad. Pretty much anything with vast amounts of money/power can (will?) be evil. Think Catholic church during the Inquisition, or the East India Company.

Big government, big business, big religion. The more they work together, the more screwed the little guy is.

Business, big and small, has gotten us to where we are today. Big and small businesses come and go continuously as innovation, competition, and market forces play their part. Where is the Inquisition today? Where is the East India Company today? Imagine where we would be today if AT&T hadn't held a government sanctioned monopoly on communication for so long.

Also, I don't believe money and power cause evil. It is just the opposite. The evil seek power and money. That said, not just the evil will seek power and money. So will the righteous. The difference is in the ends sought and achieved.

The only thing government does is get in the way every time it steps beyond its granted and limited powers.

Woody

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

I made this post 20 minutes ago.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

One Democratic commissioner said Republicans were 'handing the keys to the Internet' to a 'handful of multi-billion dollar corporations'

Umm - These companies created the internet, not government. Government took it. Government isn't "handing over the keys," government is returning the keys to whomever they stole the keys from in the first place.

Woody

 

[caojyn]

Interesting side note, the East India still exists

 

[mr ed]

So all you people who hate big business go throw your pensions and 401ks and IRAs in the river or donate to charity.
Your demand for them to grow is based on the profits and dividend checks of those "evil" corporations.

Those companies would be happy with what they got if most of America hadn't cut the cord on cable and went to streaming.
Profits are down and pension fund managers are demanding more dividends.
So raise prices and add new charges to the internet.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Interesting side note, the East India still exists

There are several. Some sell stuff, one is a restaurant. The original became defunct in 1874.

Woody