Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by nRike » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:21 PM UTC

Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC
blog.ycombinator.com

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by wierdaaron » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:34 PM UTC

I didn't know Alexis was a partner at YC. When did that happen?

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by kennethfriedman » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:37 PM UTC

It's great to see more and more organizations taking a public stand - however it would be even better to see even a hint that a policy-based solution is coming.

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by sillysaurus3 » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:39 PM UTC

Do such comments have any effect? It's hard to overlook that money seems to drive American politics moreso than public opinion (with the exception of the presidential elections).

I think that YC will become increasingly prominent in politics, because the tech sector has to in order to maintain control of its own fate. It'll be interesting to see what other moves YC will make.

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by pdkl95 » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:42 PM UTC

> "...so let’s reclassify broadband as the public utility we know it to be."

Thank you very much for writing that! (and the letter in general!)

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by sundance0 » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:43 PM UTC

> Y Combinator is Silicon Valley’s premiere early stage investor.

Shouldn't it be 'premier'? I know, not a big deal, but a mistake on the first line doesn't scream 'Best in the Business' if you ask me.

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by mikeyouse » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:46 PM UTC

wierdaaron wrote: post #2

I didn't know Alexis was a partner at YC. When did that happen?

He's officially been on the payroll since 2010;

http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/reddit-cofounder-alexis-oha...

But yeah, I don't see his name on the partner list;

http://www.ycombinator.com/partners/

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by carbocation » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:47 PM UTC

sundance0 wrote: post #6

> Y Combinator is Silicon Valley’s premiere early stage investor. Shouldn't it be 'premier'? I know, not a big deal, but a mistake on the first line doesn't scream 'Best in the Business' if you ask me.

I would put that mistake on the same level as "typo" and hope that it would be missed or ignored, if it can't be corrected. It's a deeply unimportant error that in no way hinders the understanding of the message.

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by alexis » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

sundance0 wrote: post #6

> Y Combinator is Silicon Valley’s premiere early stage investor. Shouldn't it be 'premier'? I know, not a big deal, but a mistake on the first line doesn't scream 'Best in the Business' if you ask me.

Fixed. Thanks. I can't tell you how many times I and others read over that and somehow missed it. So it goes with typos.

Re: Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC

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Post by harrystone » Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

I appreciate what Alexis is trying to do here but I hope he isn't assuming that the FCC just doesn't understand the problem. That's how this reads to me. Maybe the idea is to be diplomatic. I don't think the FCC cares. The FCC understands what is going on and it wants to do whatever is best for the FCC.

The best thing for tech companies to do is to start destroying some political careers. That's the only thing the machine understands and the only thing it's really going to respond to.