Posted on 02/07/2015 2:12:10 PM PST by george76
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai released a statement on Obama’s Net Neutrality plan to regulate the internet and blasted Obama for not releasing the plan publicly.
Last night, Chairman Wheeler provided his fellow Commissioners with President Obama’s 332-page plan to regulate the Internet. I am disappointed that the plan will not be released publicly. The FCC should be as open and transparent as the Internet itself and post the entire document on its website. Instead, it looks like the FCC will have to pass the President’s plan before the American people will be able to find out what’s really in it.
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First, resident Obama’s plan marks a monumental shift toward government control of the Internet:
It gives the FCC the power to micromanage virtually every aspect of how the Internet works. It’s an overreach that will let a Washington bureaucracy, and not the American people, decide the future of the online world. It’s no wonder that net neutrality proponents are already bragging that it will turn the FCC into the “Department of the Internet.” For that reason, if you like dealing with the IRS, you are going to love the President’s plan.
Second, resident Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet will increase consumers’ monthly broadband bills:
The plan explicitly opens the door to billions of dollars in new taxes on broadband. Indeed, states have already begun discussions on how they will spend the extra money. These new taxes will mean higher prices for consumers and more hidden fees that they have to pay.
Third, resident Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet will mean slower broadband for American consumers:
(Excerpt) Read more at therightscoop.com ...
ObamaNet bump for later...
WOW!!! I like that touch of removing the "P"!!!
Who is the author? He shoulda got that peace prize instead of resident obama!!!
< tips hat>
You’ve got to wade in and step up. You can’t just talk and post about what you don’t like.
How? With what?
Have you not seen it done as res__ent?
No ID.
I guess that ain't close enuf... (sigh)
Cute short video on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcYyK6MhIfM
‘Dept. of the Internet’ porn parody (no porn LOL!)
Net Neutrality helps the Chinese... does anyone know how?
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