Just 21% Want FCC to Regulate Internet, Most Fear Regulation Would Promote Political Agenda

FCC Net Neutrality Rules Released

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2648533/posts

Look at the rules, the public is smart to be concerned that the FCC decided to take over central planning for ISPs. When ever you see something come down to a party line vote with a previous court smack down, be afraid, be very afraid.....

Since it is the end of the month and some people are on vacation you get a special treat tonight: this reply (explanation below).

So apparently you will only allow the nose of the camel. The ISP that promises X mbs relies on a usage model to make good on that promise, otherwise my rural area would be blanketed with towers and I would pay 10x the amount I pay. There are two ways to maintain service to all users: limit monthly usage (you call it bill by GB) or throttle services (you call it limit BW).

The limit monthly usage doesn't work. Since we are close to the end of the month and some people are away, my service is a little better (some but not all of the bandwidth hogs have turned off their routers because they are close to 5GB). A real time BW limit doesn't appear to work with 3G, so that leaves throttle by service. That is a net neutrality issue because it would be made illegal under your proposal.

The term BW hog was invented by me, not my ISP. I know two households personally (I have no problems with them other than their general cluelessness about how much BW they actually use and their sense of entitlement).

From the document: Some commenters contend that, in the absence of open Internet rules, broadband providers that earn substantial additional revenue by assessing access or prioritization charges on edge providers could avoid increasing or could reduce the rates they charge broadband subscribers, which might increase the number of subscribers to the broadband network. Although this scenario is possible, no broadband provider has stated in this proceeding that it actually would use any revenue from edge provider charges to offset subscriber charges.

IOW, the marketplace doesn't work, so give us power and we will make sure those greedy providers give everybody everything for free.

So apparently you will only allow the nose of the camel.

You mean the camel that designed the tent in the first place and currently controls the assignment of all tent addresses and names? This isn't the camel's nose in the tent. The Camel has been living in the tent for decades.

The limit monthly usage doesn't work.

That's how mobile broadband is currently billed in this country.

and their sense of entitlement

BAD PEOPLE! Having a sense of entitlement to the full terms of their service contract. Bad! Bad!

Ordinarily, or maybe years ago. some of our GOP “leaders” would take this as a great opportunity to turn back this illegal act from the FCC and the dems.

I am not so sure anymore. Senate GOP could care less about the will of the American people.

That cabal of dopes will derail this idea.

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