Official: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules
Great News! If Obama keeps just this one promise, we may have hope:
Official: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules
By DANIEL LOVERING, AP Business Writer - Sat Sep 19, 2009
The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, an official at the agency said Saturday.
The Federal Communications Commission chairman, Julius Genachowski, will announce the proposed rules in a speech Monday at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, the official said on condition of anonymity because news of the announcement had not been formally released.
The proposals would uphold a pledge Barack Obama made during the presidential campaign to support Internet neutrality — the equal treatment of Internet traffic. That would bar Internet service providers such as Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corp. or AT&T Inc., from slowing or blocking certain services or content flowing through their vast networks.
Without strict rules ensuring Net neutrality, consumer watchdogs fear the communications companies could interfere with the transmission of content, such as TV shows delivered over the Internet, that compete with services the ISPs offer, like cable television.
Internet providers have opposed regulations that would inhibit the way they control their networks, arguing they need to be able to make sure applications that consume a lot of bandwidth don't slow Internet access to other users.
"This is about whether I can turn off my cable TV and watch TV over the Internet," said Dave Burstein, editor of the DSL Prime broadband industry newsletter. "Comcast cares about this because they don't want people to turn off their cable TV."
The FCC adopted four principles on Internet policy in 2005. Two years later, it said it would study the business practices of high-speed Internet providers and consider whether a principle of nondiscrimination in traffic should be added.
Burstein thinks the FCC probably will adopt a fifth principle on nondiscrimination as part of the expected new rules.
The FCC's existing net neutrality principles have focused on high-speed Internet access delivered over wireline systems. But Google Inc. and other big technology companies, as well as consumer advocacy groups, have called for rules that would require wireless networks to be similarly open to all devices and applications.
I belive this as much as I
I belive this as much as I belived Barack's campaign speeches..
lies and trickery, i guarentee this bill will do no good.
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
U.S. as Traffic Cop in Web Fight
U.S. as Traffic Cop in Web Fight
AMY SCHATZ
Wall St Journal
Saturday, Sept 19th, 2009
The U.S. government plans to propose broad new rules Monday that would force Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, seeking to give consumers greater freedom to use their computers or cellphones to enjoy videos, music and other legal services that hog bandwidth.
The move would make good on a campaign promise to Silicon Valley supporters like Google Inc. from President Barack Obama, but will trigger a battle with phone and cable companies like AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp., which don’t want the government telling them how to run their networks.
The proposed rules could change how operators manage their networks and profit from them, and the everyday online experience of individual users. Treating Web traffic equally means carriers couldn’t block or slow access to legal services or sites that are a drain on their networks or offered by rivals.
The rules will escalate a fight over how much control the government should have over Internet commerce. The Obama administration is taking the side of Google, Amazon.com Inc. and an array of smaller businesses that want to profit from offering consumers streaming video, graphics-rich games, movie and music downloads and other services.
Full article here
http://www.prisonplanet.com/u-s-as-traffic-cop-in-web-fight....
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Excellent article
Here is the direct link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125329467451823485.html
Corporations Plan To Pull
Corporations Plan To Pull Plug On The Free Internet
Web users naive about agenda to turn Internet into regulated cable TV model
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FCC = Devil
If you make a deal with the devil, don't be surprised if things don't turn out the way you expected.
Hayek was once asked what he thought about corporations having too much power. He answered (paraphrasing) that he would rather be exploited by several competing corporations trying to win his loyalty with service and price than one government that can just do what they please by force.
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There is no deal. The FCC
There is no deal. The FCC just did it.
Ron Paul it making all sorts of deals with devils, under your logic, just check out who co-sponsored his bill.
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This could mean ISPs will lose business or prices will soar
I'll already considering getting rid of the internet & telephone
Wrong, the price will come
Wrong, the price will come down. A free Internet will continue to lower prices.
A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for James Madison.
That's a strange definition
That's a strange definition of "free."
Air is property.
Air is property.
A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for James Madison.
you want to put a price tag
or claim rights on my soul as well?
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This says it all.
"In wireless, these companies typically have paid billions of dollars to buy licenses ... and now operate in a very independent market with absolutely no government subsidies or government involvement," he said. "So it would be a new era of regulation for what is a very competitive market."
That is what is said in the link provided in the topic post.
I love new era's of regulation in competitive markets.. I'm sure Ron Paul does too. You know it's so.. Anti-Capitalistic.
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like throwing water on the
like throwing water on the fire and wondering why its not burning as brightly as before...
how did we get to this point?
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
Freepress
Is a fraud, they have been suporting the proposed bills for net neutrality which destroy the net as well know it and give the telecoms total control!
Freepress is not to be trusted on many issues especially this one!
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The Abuse of Greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. - Shakespeare
The Abuse of Greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. - Shakespeare
this topic reminds me of the
this topic reminds me of the Marijuwana debate..
how about NO regulation other than the prevention of Fraud?
anything above that starts swinging the pendulum of unintended consiquences....
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
We need to break up the monopoly effect... that will destroy
the internet which is the end goal of these bastards.
"Countless people will hate The New World Order and will die protesting against it"- H.G Wells - The New World Order (1939)
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in a free market, a monopoly
in a free market, a monopoly cannot survive long.
which monopoly are you refering too?
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
Louis XIV had a monopoly.
Louis XIV had a monopoly. He was the state. The entire state was one private citizen.
A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for James Madison.
bump for victory!
woot!
edit: also f*** comcast
Guess Google got their
Guess Google got their money's worth for their Obama support.
Net Neutrality is just another instance of government meddling in private concerns. Which is why Dr. Paul voted against it.
Yep. Money well spent. (For Google, that is.)
Youtube (owned by Google) has been struggling to find a way to make more money from the site. They are systematically taking the "You" out. They want to sell HD movies for download, but they do not want to pay extra for the bandwidth. They want those of us who do not use much bandwidth to subsidize them.
Consider the "unseen." We will never know what kind of innovations and low prices we might have today if it were not for the existing restrictions on wire-based communications. If the free wheeling internet gets crippled, it will not be because the carriers want to restrict free speech. If there is a market for access to DailyPaul and mid-bandwidth videos, carriers will provide it and compete for the business. (If there is no such market, we are doomed anyway.) When free speech on the internet is curtailed, it will be the government doing it, for security of course.
Google is the world's
Google is the world's leading opponent of bogus, so-called intellectual property laws. Ever heard of Google video?
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All hail the FCC!
All hail the FCC! (Hail, yeah.)
Trust in the Overlords. They will protect us. They are from the government, and they are here to help us.
You are using political
You are using political spin. I said that it is a good thing that the FCC is going to implement Net Neutrality to wireless, not just for wire based Internet.
I never said I trust the FCC. I do not trust the FCC. I do not trust the government. You confuse two concepts. The Ron Paul movement requires clear thinking, or else we become a democratic rabble.
A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for James Madison.
Do you trust they won't just call it "net neutrality"
And do what they want? That's my prediction.
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According to the article,
According to the article, they already did it. Its a done deal. We have Net Neutrality for wireless Internet.
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http://www.freepress.net/node/62059
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check out the tag line of that site
reform media transform Democracy
they don't know our form of government? I smell a rat.
they ALL call our form of gov't that. Lib and conserv...
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"Human beings with love and compassion are some of the most beautiful creatures in the universe... Those without are a plague on us all."
They're going to "package" the internet
Package A-- Your choice of 20 of the most popular websites
Package B-- Your choice of 40 internet sites and 3 blog sites
etc.
Oh, and if you happen to OWN a website or two; how much can you afford to pay to be one of the available sites?
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