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FCC Weighs Free-Internet Plan
Wall Street Journal ^
Posted on 05/29/2008 6:54:13 AM PDT by mnehring
WASHINGTON -- In the quest to increase Americans' access to broadband Internet, federal regulators are considering a new plan: get someone to give it away free.
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan that would require the winner of a planned airwaves auction to offer free wireless-Internet service to most Americans within the next few years.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: agenda21; bigbrother; calea; communism; rfid
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IF this happens, how many small ISPs will go out of business and how many competing companies will have to lay off thousands of workers that support Internet service people will no longer have to pay for?
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posted on
05/29/2008 6:54:14 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: mnehrling
“Free” lunch? Don’t you believe it!
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posted on
05/29/2008 6:56:04 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: mnehrling; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
05/29/2008 6:56:38 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: mnehrling
WASHINGTON -- In the quest to increase Americans' access to broadband Internet, federal regulators are considering a new plan: get someone to give it away free. Because downloading high-quality porn is a Constitutional right.
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posted on
05/29/2008 6:57:15 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: mnehrling
This isn’t about giving it away free - it’s all about control.
To: mnehrling
When the government “gives” you “free” internet they will control your internet use. Government restrictions can ruin any industry.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:01:38 AM PDT
by
FreePaul
To: mnehrling
It won’t be ‘free’ - someone will have to pay for it even if they receive no benefit. As a rural inhabitant of flyover country, I expect I’ll be paying, and not getting any access.
It’s getting frustrating that even Republicans these days seem overwhelmingly on the side of regulation, government control of the economy, price controls, etc. Where are the voices of liberty and free markets?
To: Always Right; FreePaul
“Internet traffic on that free area would also face content restrictions to prevent users from looking at pornographic or obscene material, according to FCC officials. Details about how to define what content would be unacceptable for viewing over the free network is still under discussion.”
No porn and yes, comes with heavy government restrictions. Government bureaucrats deciding what you can see or not see.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:03:21 AM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(In debates over individual liberties, fabricated and propagandized science should play no role.)
To: mnehrling
Because government control is the way to streamline any process!
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:04:37 AM PDT
by
Disturbin
(Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
To: mnehrling
Well that will kill inovation.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:04:54 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
To: MissouriConservative
No porn and yes, comes with heavy government restrictions. Government bureaucrats deciding what you can see or not see. Well I can imagine as soon as the Obamessiahians gets in charge, FreeRepublic will be declared pornographic.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:07:27 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Always Right
Well I can imagine as soon as the Obamessiahians gets in charge, FreeRepublic will be declared pornographic. That will be attempted regardless of who is elected. Washington is petrified of the internet and has been scheming from day one how to get control of it.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:09:30 AM PDT
by
abb
(Organized Journalism: Marxist-style collectivism applied to information sharing)
To: fellowpatriot
This isn’t about giving it away free - it’s all about control.*DING*DING*DING* We have a winner!
To: Liberty1970
It’s getting frustrating that even Republicans these days seem overwhelmingly on the side of regulation, government control of the economy, price controls, etc. Where are the voices of liberty and free markets? Frozen out.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:11:46 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Always Right
Because downloading high-quality porn is a Constitutional right. Yup. It's guaranteed by that Right to Privacy.
I know it's in here somewhere...
To: mnehrling
Plenty.
Just another step towards Socialism. One can only imagine the stipulations placed on that free wireless ISP.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:15:46 AM PDT
by
papasmurf
(Unless I post a link to a resource, what I post is opinion, regardless of how I spin it.)
To: mnehrling
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:16:15 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Socialism is the feudalism of the future.")
To: fellowpatriot
"
This isn’t about giving it away free - it’s all about control." BINGO!
To: mnehrling
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:24:11 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: mnehrling
Yep, kill off hardwired service and no more need for a warrant. Big brother will hoover it all up along with every hacker under the sun.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:25:37 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Just because you're running for President doesn't mean that you are the center of the universe")
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