Posted on 12/19/2010 11:55:31 AM PST by IbJensen
I would just like to know where in our constitution is congress authorized to pass ANY legislation authority to anyone?
So we are clueless are we?
The internet has grown exponentially in size and features thanks to almost a total lack of government interference.
Given how governments of all strips have a horrendous record on almost anything they try to control it would seem that you are the clueless one here.
Anyone who believes that government can or will improve the internet experience is in serious need of immediate mental care which under obomination care might be available in 8 to 12 months providing you fit their age criteria. Don’t want to be wasting those valuable communist dollars on old people.
Hey upchuck, one of our villages is missing its idiot.
I'm sure they have a policy of blocking hot-links from sites that promote hate. I'm sure they are not tracing your IP address and you will not soon receiving a visit from agents of a gov't agency you have never heard of. Your medical, IRS, Passport, military/VA, mortgage and credit records are absolutely secure.
Congress can and I believe will start de-funding the Federal Government. The money’s GONE.
I stand corrected.
lol. They are going to find very little...
That will just make them angry and will justify further digging.
"What is he trying to hide?" "Call in a specialist, give him the TSA treatment."
I watched a little of that video last week.
Her thought processes were so scattered that I was breaking my brain trying to follow what she was saying. I finally just quit.
Can you spell “nepotism?”
It’s disturbing that the commissioners are appointed unanimously. I guess the senators figure, “It’s the FCC, I don’t have time for this.” Maybe now they will.
They may have taken an oath to ‘defend the Constitution’, but they had their fingers crossed.
Lord have mercy, if everyone had to have the slow connection that I have that would be torture and youtube would be one of the first things to die.
“While the FCC plan would not bar all discrimination, it would vest vast discretion in the FCC to determine what is allowed and what is not. Critical decisions as to what is permitted and what is not would be left to the political whims of five FCC members.....”
“....communications provider Level 3 got into a business spat with Comcast over how much it will pay, if anything, Comcast to handle traffic from Level 3’s network. Such negotiations are common among networks, and the longstanding system of private interconnection agreements has worked quite well. Yet Level 3 claimed that Comcast’s request for payment to carry Level 3’s traffic violates net neutrality rules...”
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The article started off sounding like the FCC was going to save us from pay-per-surf internet. But then somehow it turns into the Gov’t will determine what is allowed and what is not, rather than the individual companies.
But it is a hard one to say “let the free market figure it out” when there are so few providers.
No one is claiming the government will improve the internet experience. What everyone with reasoning skills KNOWS is that telco’s are going to KILL the internet as we know it. Customer experience is going to plummet as the sites you want to access can only work on the highest tier package. Anything streaming - netflix, radio, music, etc... are no longer going to work without paying tons more.
I don’t like the current proposed bill, and I don’t like what WILL happen without out. There needs to be something in ther middle. The FCC should be involved in traffic flow, not content.
Enjoy watching videos on the web now, because without some form of net neutrality, your ISP will shut down any form of streaming without paying tons extra.
But the telcos are doing it for their customers *rolls eyes*. And you people are buying into that crap.
Don't blame me. I live in the country and am on a dial up 56K line.
What is streaming? :-)
Tomorrow is the day (12/21/10). I suspect the lawsuits claiming unauthorized overreach have already been drawn up.
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