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Yeah, the government will break the internet! Why, if the government had had a hand in the internet in the first place, it would never have existed...!
You all know this has nothing to do with net neutrality? This is just another power grab for the government, thinking they can do things more efficiently.
Also, the government has been doing everything they can to push IPv6 and that shit is far worse than IPv4 in terms of security. IPv6 isn't even ready for any conversion over to v4. So If the government gets their hands on it, they'll break 90% of communications on day 1 of transition (healthcare.gov ring a bell?).
Which party controls Congress doesn't matter. The President appoints the FCC's head and it operates independently. The rule making decision, which has been in progress for many months (400,000 comments were collected earlier this year), is likely pretty far into its process.So when the Democrats controlled both the house and senate why did NOT tell the FCC to do it then????? Why did he wait till it was controlled by the Republicans?
So when the Democrats controlled both the house and senate why did NOT tell the FCC to do it then????? Why did he wait till it was controlled by the Republicans?
To me this is more political pandering.. nothing more.
So when the Democrats controlled both the house and senate why did NOT tell the FCC to do it then????? Why did he wait till it was controlled by the Republicans?
To me this is more political pandering.. nothing more.
Right. Classifying telephones and electricity drove those prices sky fucking high, didn't they? Shit, my water bill breaks me every month!
Wait. Can it be that what you're saying is horseshit?
It's simple. 0bama doesn't have a pragmatic bone in his body. Whatever he is advocating: do the opposite and you will have the most practical solution.
I DON'T WANT THE INTERNET TO WORK LIKE OBAMACARE!!
if you like your internet, you can keep your internet?
Probably serious. Another crazy person spouting the same nonsense: https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/531834493922189313Poe's law?
Exactly.
We need to reclassify in order to protect the future of the internet. ISPs want to tear it down and charge us out the ass for a shit connection. President Obama is doing the right thing here by making this call. I am very pleased with this. Most people will be.
how did that work out for AT&T?
"subsidize new ISP's and a fiber optic infrastructure" and "This is the way free market capitalism is supposed to work" in the same breath.
If you were serious - oh my.
Because the internet is unregulated. It's a market failure!
Nice graphic. In the end pretty well for AT&T. Crony capitalism ftw.
Yep I'm serious and you missed the word 'perhaps'. I see your point but I think the gov should lay down the main infrastructure. It has the cash and resources to do so. Think of it like the national freeway system, open, free and paid for by tax payers. Once in place ISP's could then compete for price and services. They could even collectively help to maintain/pay for it through taxation since the profit margins are so high. Tier 1 and 2 could coexist with this system even utilize it. Seems like a good balance for everyone except the oligopolies but they've had their chance. The internet is a necessity in this day and age, why shouldn't the gov step in? Once content providers ditch the middle men we're going to need a lot more bandwidth.
Anything Obama says is bullshit. He's an arrogant, man-child, socialist liar of a SOB.
if you like your internet, you can keep your internet?
How about a compromise, make ISP's Title 2, and appoint the EFF as the sole NGO watchdog of them, and give the EFF a chair on the FCC with Veto power.
How about a compromise, make ISP's Title 2, and appoint the EFF as the sole NGO watchdog of them, and give the EFF a chair on the FCC with Veto power.
It's not quite "Okay so what" when you consider the reasons why many areas lack those choices. Like when legislators (thru legislation written by the cable lobby) make it illegal for competition to enter the market. When granted a legally protected monopoly on an essential service like telecommunications the market must be strictly regulated.Or how about no?
What, exactly, is actually wrong with the internet now? Oh in some areas they don't have more choices for providers. Okay, so what. Let's steal hundreds of billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and let some random hippy-dippy jagoffs run it! That'll work well. We'll fucking forget all about population density, surface area, the physical limitations of transmission mediums, the high cost of environmental regulations and mitigation, mandatory 90-180 day comment periods, overly cumbersome aesthetic restrictions, infringing on other people's property rights, noise abatement, and everything else that goes with actually running a fucking telecommunications network.
It's not stealing We'll pay them for the copper. How much is it going for? They don't own the fucking land, we do. We allow them to do business here. If they don't like it. GTFO.
Or how about no?
.... Okay, so what. Let's steal hundreds of billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and let some random hippy-dippy jagoffs run it!
Oh, you mean OUR (taxpayers) money the ISP's got as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, that they have FAILED so miserably to invest into upgrading and expanding their infrastructure, just to turn around and use said money to buy each other up (eliminate competition), and surround themselves with lawyers and lobbyists...??? It's not stealing. It's GETTING our money's worth for once in a while!!!
BTW, I don't have any party allegiance what so ever, but Obama's speech is pure PR bullshit.... There is NOTHING he can do with the current party (GOP) at the helm, and Wheeler as the anchor... Zero, nada, ziltch, jack-shit gonna come out of this now, or in the near future....
It's not quite "Okay so what" when you consider the reasons why many areas lack those choices. Like when legislators (thru legislation written by the cable lobby) make it illegal for competition to enter the market. When granted a legally protected monopoly on an essential service like telecommunications the market must be strictly regulated.
The few places where municipal broadband has not been blocked by the local cable monopoly lobby, it has flourished. So umm, I guess it's not really that hard to sell net-crack to a highly addicted public.
We own the fighter jets too . . .
I find it funny when people think they own what the government is in control of when the government is in control of them as they think it. Ironic. There is a reason I can't negotiate my tax rates with the government and it's because I'm their employee and not their boss.We own the fighter jets too . . .