FCC Will Act on Web Neutrality If Needed

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Well this is somewhat comforting to hear, a top U.S. regulator on said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is ready to stop broadband providers from interfering with users' access. The FCC chairman said that the commission is “..ready, willing and able to step in if necessary to correct any (unreasonable) practices that are ongoing today."

The comment by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin came at the start of a day-long FCC hearing centering on allegations that some broadband providers such as telecommunications and cable companies have been improperly blocking or hindering some content.
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The ISP Lobbyists just haven't got to them yet. This won't last long.

It's good for the consumer. We just can't have that these days!
 
wait wait wait the goverment is protecting my rights? This must be a typo.
 
vengence said:
wait wait wait the goverment is protecting my rights? This must be a typo.
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LANm0nk3y said:
Technically, isn't that what the government supposed to do?
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Yes, but it's rare that they actually do so. Congressmen are too busy porking interns to do their jobs.

Anyhow, this is good news. Maybe decision makers at Comcast will have their asses handed to them.
 
Notice the "(unreasonable)" part. What we think of as unreasonable probably isn't going to be the same as what the FCC considers unreasonable.
 
Define: unreasonable (in the contex of the quote).

You can not. Yet another worthless statement by a politician / bureaucrat not worth the hot air used to express it.

The real concern is probably the potential slowdown of the network taps into the NSA or NRO. Gotta keep that basement of Thinking Machines busy.
 
TechLarry said:
The ISP Lobbyists just haven't got to them yet. This won't last long.

It's good for the consumer. We just can't have that these days!
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Lobbyists don't really get to the FCC. They're an agency, independent of the three branches of government. Congressmen get bought out by Lobbyists.
 
BillParrish said:
Define: unreasonable (in the contex of the quote).

You can not. Yet another worthless statement by a politician / bureaucrat not worth the hot air used to express it.

The real concern is probably the potential slowdown of the network taps into the NSA or NRO. Gotta keep that basement of Thinking Machines busy.
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Yes - define unreasonable. Clearly. This guy may interpret it favorably to us, but the next guy may not.

This would in no way hinder the NSA's dragnet capability. All they do is copy and interpret the data, not interfere with it.
 
Way to go for the FCC stopping ISPs from restricting access, guess that doesn't apply to p2p data transfered though.
 
That's all good, at least until the FCC decides to start fining me for saying "fuck" on a non-encrypted connection. :p
 
The purpose of government is to protect an individuals rights. Unfortunately, under American law a corporation is an individual. Thus, the government protects corporations, usually at the expense of the general public.
 
the FCC has been looking out for you...they fined ABC for showing someones ass just last week! :rolleyes:

you feel protected? well put a condom on your TV! better?:confused:

money will tilt the scales and the current "the market will sort itself out..." philosophy will remain dominant. i remember the breaking up of Ma-Bell and guess what? its back and bigger than before. so i hold no illusions that this will amount to anything. the FCC just got their sound byte/snippet and made their 1st PR salvo regarding this issue.

the FCC also gave Clear Channel and Infinity the Rupert Murdoch catre blanche to do as they want, so me thinks Comcast is next on the price is right...
 
wtf? the fcc is in a way trying to UN-cencor stuff? drugs sure must be good and cheap in the usa right now... so much crazy stuff going on.....
 
Oh, would you guys stop it? It is possible for the US government to protect civil rights. That's their job. I think it's good that the FCC is willing to protect web neutrality. Isn't that what we've all been wanting? So stop criticizing the government for agreeing for you.
 
HOCP4ME said:
Oh, would you guys stop it? It is possible for the US government to protect civil rights. That's their job. I think it's good that the FCC is willing to protect web neutrality. Isn't that what we've all been wanting? So stop criticizing the government for agreeing for you.
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We're more suprised than anything.

My first thought was "Holy shit, the FCC is actually gonna step in on this? I must have OD'd on my dose of Dayquill today because this can't possibly be true."
 
Riftsaw said:
We're more suprised than anything.

My first thought was "Holy shit, the FCC is actually gonna step in on this? I must have OD'd on my dose of Dayquill today because this can't possibly be true."
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I was surprised too (the FCC is a regulatory agency, after all), but I was talking about everyone who is saying that lobbyists will get to them, the wording of the statment will be misinterpreted...etc.
 
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