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FCC CHAIRMAN: INTERNET TO BE PUBLIC UTILITY
Breitbart ^
| February 4, 2015
| UPI
Posted on 02/04/2015 10:52:32 AM PST by Jim Robinson
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) The Federal Communications Commission will seek more influence on Internet regulation to ensure net neutrality, its chairman said Wednesday.
In an editorial published on {link:the website of the magazine Wired: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chairman-wheeler-net-neutrality?mbid=social_twitter,nw}, Tom Wheeler explained new rules, proposed this week, to preserve the Internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression. This proposal is rooted in long-standing regulatory principles, marketplace experience, and public input.
The new rules will cast {link:high-speed Internet service as a public utility: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102376526″,nw}, an unidentified person, who was consulted the FCC {link:on the proposal, told CNN: http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/02/technology/net-neutrality-fcc/index.html,nw}. The change would give the FCC more power to regulate arrangements between Internet and content providers, and would change current policy in which Internet providers charge content companies, such as Netflix, for direct access to customers through broadband.
The FCC would have the power to ensure broadband companies do not create slow lanes for public internet traffic, a concept known as net neutrality.
Wheelers plans are in accordance with President Obamas statement in November...
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KEYWORDS: fascism; fcc; freerepublic; hostiletakeover; internet; netflix; netneutrality; obama; publicutility; tyranny
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Obama: We don't need no steenkin' congress.
To: Jim Robinson
Another domino falls!
KYPD
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:54:25 AM PST
by
petro45acp
(Grubbers "stupid" electorate is starting to look very much like Romney's 47%. Just sayin...)
To: Jim Robinson
I sense that there will be a number of ways to Tax....this Utility....
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:54:36 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Jim Robinson
The day the Internet becomes a public utility regulated by the rectal openings in D.C. is the day I quit using it.
To: Jim Robinson
These wads are begging to be hacked by White Hats now.
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:55:51 AM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: Jim Robinson
Obama wants to “regulate”,censor and ruin the Internet. The leftists want to control all the information the people are to recieve
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:56:01 AM PST
by
Democrat_media
(The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
To: Jim Robinson
new rules, proposed this week, to preserve the Internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression New government regulations to preserve freedom? Orwell would be proud.
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:56:18 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Jim Robinson
Constitution: we don’t need no steenkin’ FCC.
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:57:47 AM PST
by
PapaNew
(The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
To: Jim Robinson
Net neutrality may be a worthy concept, but the problem as always is that the Left has hijacked this issue. the chances that we will now have censorship on the Internet has just increased ten-fold with this "ruling".
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:57:55 AM PST
by
Major Matt Mason
("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
To: vetvetdoug
Americans will find away around their idiotic regulations and Taxes. This is Wrong and
all that money is what they dream about spending, other peoples money. Greedy bastards.
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:58:07 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: MarineBrat
No rule of law, why the heck not?
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:58:22 AM PST
by
dila813
To: Democrat_media
PBS is such a model of broadcast neutrality, isn’t it?
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:58:25 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Jim Robinson
They are going to UTTERLY RUIN it! I have so much contempt for these busybodies!!
To: Jim Robinson
What could possibly go wrong with this!?
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:59:24 AM PST
by
AU72
To: Opinionated Blowhard
new rules, proposed this week, to preserve the Internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression Yea, um, we already have that and if the Gov steps in the result will be just the opposite.
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posted on
02/04/2015 10:59:27 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: MaxMax
Ted Cruz is the ONLY candidate who will REVERSE this crap. He needs to run on tearing down the gubmint monolith, including the IRS, DHS, DOJ, FCC, EPA, etc..
To: Major Matt Mason
I don’t think it a worthy concept.
To: Major Matt Mason
I think the real question here is whether it makes sense to have the internet managed and regulated like the interstate highway system.
Dumb question: Wouldn't anyone be able to build their own "internet" themselves?
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posted on
02/04/2015 11:00:35 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
To: Jim Robinson
I still need to learn what, exactly, does NET NEUTRALITY mean? That is an innocuous phrase , a contrived description that could mean anything.
I just want to know if the new label will increase the price for the same bandwidth, and if so, by how much? I also want to know if a customer says ‘no
, they do not want their history collected or their geographic location known, will we still have that choice, or has the choice of staying private always been an illusion?
To: Jim Robinson
‘Vere are your internet papers, please?’
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posted on
02/04/2015 11:01:20 AM PST
by
skeeter
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