FCC votes to kill net neutrality rules

washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 12/14/17 | Melissa Quinn

[ColdOne]

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to repeal net neutrality rules, over the objection of Democrats in Congress, Internet activists and online companies.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, and Commissioner Brendan Carr, all Republicans, supported the proposed rollback of the Obama-era rules. Democratic Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel opposed the change.

[Jim W N]

NOTHING coming out of D.C. and the Lying Leftist Media means what the name implies.

If you're a Lying Leftist, you lie. it's what you do.

[polymuser]

Great news! Winning!
Google, Facebook and Twitter fascist censors can go to Hell.

[backwoods-engineer]

In the wake of the Roy Moore loss, it’s good to get some WINNING.

[G Larry]

“Net Neutrality” is your typical liberal lie on bumper sticker.

By striking it down, providers will be able to provide increased performance for those willing to pay.

Currently, we have restricted capacity and rates because the gov’t won’t allow for performance based pricing.

[polymuser]

Under 40 techies are well indoctrinated control freaks that can’t stop fixing what isn’t broken, just because they can. Time to deal with THEM, too.

[LouieFisk]

“Can someone please tell me why “Net Neutrality” is a bad thing, or point my in the right direction? I am having a hard time getting my mind wrapped around this.”
—
If you’re using AOL with a 56k baud phone modem, it’s not so bad. Otherwise....
Here’s some info on NN -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality

[VanDeKoik]

My internet speed has dropped to 0.0000000000002 kbs!!!!!!

I’m being charged 45 dollars per minute to use FR!!!

Oh wait...

[G Larry]

See post #24

[Major Matt Mason]

Good. Now all the admin needs to do is get back control of ICANN to make this complete.

[Army Air Corps]

Lucky dog. I now have to use semaphore.

[LouieFisk]

“If you’re using AOL with a 56k baud phone modem, it’s not so bad. Otherwise....”
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I mean the -ending- of Net Neutrality there as “it”.

[Biggirl]

They should be very HAPPY. It gives the internet FREEDOM.

[Impala64ssa]

First, thanks to President Trump we’re FINALLY officially recognizing Jerusalem as the rightful capitol of Israel, now this. In spite of the debacle in AL it’s turning out to be a joyous Holiday Season after all.

[Biggirl]

It is a start and will happen.

[csvset]

The commission received more than 21.7 million public comments on net neutrality, an unprecedented amount. But the public record was scrutinized after several analyses concluded millions of fake and fraudulent comments were filed with the FCC.

The agency said more than 7.5 million comments contained the same single sentence in favor of net neutrality: “I am in favor of strong net neutrality under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.”

Those comments alone were associated with 50,508 unique names and mailing addresses, but nearly all of the 7.5 million comments came from 45,000 unique email addresses created by a website that generates fake emails.

More than 440,000 comments in support of net neutrality also came from a single mailing address in Russia. Those comments were filed with the FCC on July 12, the “Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality.”

[brownsfan]

“Under 40 techies are well indoctrinated control freaks ...”

Ha! Seems you want to share a little bitterness. Good luck dealing with them before they deal with YOU.

[AAABEST]

> Net neutrality as written, does not not mean what the name implies. <

When liberals write a law, the law never means what the name implies.

In fact, it nearly always means the exact opposite of what the name implies.

[Ciaphas Cain]

I’m being charged 45 dollars per minute to use FR!!!

Are you logged in?

(Have wanted to ask that for a WAY long time.)

[treetopsandroofs]

Crap, now Big Media must issue a sanctimonious statement from the Fraud.

[Democrat_media]

Obama and Soros, 2 fantatical marxists are for net neutrality. NY Times etc are for it also. Trump has just saved the Internet and Freedom !

Soros the marxist is behind this “net neutrality” :
http://ijr.com/2015/03/270555-soros-groups-dropped-82-million-push-net-neutrality-interesting-thing-happened-placeholder/

On February 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed 400 pages worth of new internet regulations, the details of which were released Friday.

It’s not a secret that left-leaning groups have advocated for “Net Neutrality” rules, but the amount of money thrown at the cause, and the sources, might be surprising.

The Media Research Center found that the Open Society Foundation, run by George Soros, donated over $82 million to “pro net-neutrality groups” between 2000 and 2013.

Between Open Society and The Ford Foundation, close to $200 million was doled out to push for net neutrality.
Image Credit: Media Research Center
Media Research Center

MRC also reported that the Ford and Open Society Foundations joined together February 11 for an event called Net Gain, intended:

‘“… to launch a major new partnership’ to deal with ‘significant challenges at the intersection of the Internet and philanthropy.”’

At the event, The Ford Foundation’s President, Darren Walker, said:

“The Internet rights are civil rights. And like so many other civil rights, they need to be secured, safeguarded, protected and celebrated.”

Walker then lauded FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s plan to regulate the internet as a public utility:

“… the direct consequence of the tireless efforts of many of you in this room, the organization you represent, to persuade, and to challenge, to evangelize” the principles behind net neutrality.”

One of the Soros-funded groups, Free Press, heavily lobbied the FCC and, according to the Daily Caller, “their pro net-neutrality arguments” were cited 40 times in the 400 pages of regulations.

Free Press’s co-founder, college professor Robert McChesney, has advocated for government subsidized journalism:

“In the end, there is no real answer but to remove brick by brick the capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles,” McChesney wrote in a 2009 essay.

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To have people on here defend this marxist tyranny these communists call “net neutrality “
is ridiculous. And the Ford foundation is a communist group. Also the NY times , wash post et al are for net neutrality (all the marxists are).There was nothing wrong with the Internet for the first
few decades before the marxist Obama (and Soros) imposed their 400 pages of “fixes” to a non-existent problem
in 2015. Now many even one here a conservative forum are calling for obama’s initial 400 pages of soros government
regulations to stay. ridiculous
. If you supporters of this bs want socialism so badly why don’t you just move to Venezuela now
and join in the starvation and long lines for non-existent toilet paper.

It is my opinion that freedom last as long as Trump is president and pai is protecting the internet. not much longer after that. Obama was adding even more government regulations to all areas of the economy . This and this net neutrality will return once Trump and pai aren’t there any more.