FCC approves plan to consider paid priority on Internet
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FCC approves plan to consider paid priority on Internet
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#2"Even one of the Democratic commissioners who voted yes on Thursday expressed some misgivings about how the proposal had been handled.
"I believe the process that got us to rulemaking today was flawed," she said. "I would have preferred a delay.""
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But... she voted yes anyway. WTF?
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#3Yet another blow to Net-Neutrality...
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#4The fix is in. Now what are you going to do about it?
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#5So what happened? It seems like just yesterday that the FCC was the one creating the rules around net neutrality. A federal court over-turns this and all of a sudden the FCC decides to go the complete opposite direction?
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#6"Even one of the Democratic commissioners who voted yes on Thursday expressed some misgivings about how the proposal had been handled. "I believe the process that got us to rulemaking today was flawed," she said. "I would have preferred a delay."" --------------------------------- But... she voted yes anyway. WTF?
For whatever reasons, she must have felt moving forward with a rule was better than not, regardless of the process issues.
I may disagree with the decision, but I understand her position.
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#7I'm confused by this headline (and a bit by the proceeding).
After watching the FCC hearing, it seemed like all of the people who were "for" open internet, and spoke of it from the consumer level (including Wheeler) voted for the proposal. The commissioners that said the FCC didn't have jurisdiction to regulate and to leave the market alone, voted against the proposal.
Isn't it the case that if they had voted against this, that we would have been in the exact same boat we are in now and therefore the agreement that Netflix signed would continue unabated?
In that case, it really didn't matter what they voted.
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#8"What a nice internet connection you have there. It would be a real shame if something happened to it...".
So we had a good time, haven't we...
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#9Well, this is no coincidence. ISPs have been working on this for years.
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#10Most important quote since the title is misleading:
" The proposal is not a final rule, but the three-to-two vote on Thursday is a significant step forward on a controversial idea that has invited fierce opposition from consumer advocates, Silicon Valley heavyweights, and Democratic lawmakers. "