anti-Republicrat, you missed the whole point. Internet access IS available, and the “crackdown” on the Net has NOT happened.
The ONLY reason the FCC would even consider any discussion about Internet regulation is to CHANGE the current state. My point with McDonald’s access is simple, TODAY anyway anyone has pretty much free access to post and distribute or comment or engage in any kind of Internet enabled speech they want.
There is NO REASON for the government to get involved at all. Beyond the current Telco regulations there is NO REASON for any FCC intervention.
So, the biggest freedom of expression engine and vehicle the world has ever seen in its history suddenly needs FCC intervention?
This is plain insanity... Anyone who thinks otherwise is doing more than drinking Kool-Aid. This is scary, stop engaging in the blatant anti-corporate communist, fascist, government control clap-trap. For whatever problems might exist today, the Internet WORKS just like it is! Any government regulation will only damage that.
It is in discussion because heads of ISPs have made public statements that they want to change the current state. They began a program of demonizing content providers as freeloaders in order to garner public support for their change. They also began throttling traffic based on protocol without notifying customers.
For whatever problems might exist today, the Internet WORKS just like it is!
Good. Then help oppose the ISPs in order to keep it that way.