Posted on 02/27/2015 4:21:03 AM PST by Biggirl
In a vote along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved what amounts to a government takeover of the Internet. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and his fellow Democrats, Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel, approved placing the Internet under Title II regulations.
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2016 must commit to shredding this monstrous mess.
2016 candidates
Government, get your hands off the internet!
Now.
Why is this happening? They are going to make it worse. I have to use to file cases. This is a nightmare.
The rate of invention and innovation is inversely proportional to the amount of government regulation.
A new technology is invented, and because it is new, there are no government regulations covering it. The technology rapidly advances; electricity, autos, the internet, etc. At some point, the government with its endless craving for more power decides to regulate the new invention. At that point, innovation in the technology stagnates and dies.
Something's rotten in Denmark. My understanding was that corporations like Verizon and Comcast WANTED this to pass. Matter of fact, Verizon recently relinquished their terrestrial assets (home phone and cable TV) to Frontier in what was presumed to be a hat tip to the coming regulations. The corporations have been wading through the FCC Title II swamp for decades, they're not strangers to it.
The only thing this will do is raise prices on Internet access for end users while degrading the quality of Internet signal. As networks age and ISPs cannot afford to upgrade, they either raise the prices through the roof to afford menial gains in bandwidth and throughput, or the "pipes" fall apart and eventually Internet becomes spotty across the nation.
Make no mistake, this was a power move on the part of the Obama administration, and the fact that they are STILL not releasing the regs tells me that it's MUCH worse than even what we currently know/fear.
By their silence, Republicans in Congress are complicit in this act.
A Federal court? With black-robed priests legislating from the bench?
Even if the FCC and the regime have overstepped their bounds (again), the courts will hammer it into the legal framework, and the Leftists will use the decision as court precedent to enforce the glorious march of Socialism.
No election alone can cure what ails our paper republic.
We’re going to need a bigger shredder...
Damn right. They never respond to any power grabs. They just cave like cowards.
The fact there is anyone still thinking that the 2016 elections is going to fix all this is very disturbing.
Just what was fixed in the 2014 elections?
Nothing, and you can take that to your government run banks.
Why can’t the GOPee appointees just leak a copy to anyomous?
Towards the end of the article it says this is going to land up in fed courts. The writer in question is correct.
An FR post from last September:
As more and more Americans realize their vote means less and less, that we are ruled by a despot rather than governed by neighbors sent to congress, I suspect an increasing number will not vote in 2016. A Jeb or other rino nominee means a Hildebeast victory.
Should The Beast win, I doubt the GOPE will care very much, for they'll still have their perks and honors.
In 2014 the GOPee were handed a golden opportunity to demonstrate that they cared. Their power is strongest just after the election. So far they have done squat and it’s all downhill from here to 2016 when their opportunity will come to a screeching halt, likely for all eternity.
Have you ever heard of “outernet” ?
Stuff like this will force expansion of outernet.
I’ll read the entire article at home, can’t see it in the cube farm...
Hillary is let’s just say she is so....................yesterday.
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