EFF claims that there are only 8 pages of actual regs in the document (this was posted yesterday, before the release). So, is the meat just 8 pages?
“Early reports pegged the new order at 300 pages, but we now know that only 8 pages are actual regulatory text. The source of confusion—which even got us in the past few weeks—is that the whole order is over 300 pages, but consists almost entirely of the record of factual findings by the FCC and responses to comments they received. Opponents of net neutrality have boosted the “300 page” number to suggest onerous complexity, but that’s not the case.”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/03/net-neutrality-are-we-there-yet
I don’t know. EFF was all for this legislation, that to me in itself is suspicious. I find it hard to trust anyone in their position, but as of now, we’ll have to see how it shakes out...
I should have added, even if that’s the case, any US regulatory body can easily inflate 8 pages to 800 over a brief period of time.
This was also reported initially, too.
Number of pages makes no difference. The important part is the assignment of utility status to the internet. Now that has happened, it’s only a matter of time before big taxes and content regulation.
8 pages will turn into 8000 by 2020.