CENSORSHIP... AKA: NET NEUTRALITY!

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Dixie - In Memoriam

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/06/fcc-loses-key-ruling-internet-neutrality/

WASHINGTON -- A federal court threw the future of Internet regulations and U.S. broadband expansion plans into doubt Tuesday with a far-reaching decision that went against the Federal Communications Commission.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the FCC lacks authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. That was a big victory for Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable company, which had challenged the FCC's authority to impose such "network neutrality" obligations on broadband providers.
The unanimous ruling by the three-judge panel marks a serious setback for the FCC, which is trying to adopt official net neutrality regulations. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, a Democrat, argues such rules are needed to prevent phone and cable companies from using their control over Internet access to favor some kinds of online content and services over others.
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So how do the Socialist Marxists plan to 'control' the masses? By restricting our rights to free speech via the Internet, of course! You may have thought such an idea was "crazy talk" a year or so ago, but that is EXACTLY what the FCC is currently trying to do! They SAY it is to control and regulate bandwidth usage, but that is a ruse, it is explicitly so they can control and manipulate the information YOU have access to! It's the "Fairness Doctrine" brought to the ISP's.

And Apple, if you pipe in with the argument that China is successfully doing this, I will reach through my fucking computer screen and slap you!
 
Bittermark said:
Net neutrality is a rule the prevents ISP's from deciding what you can and can't do on the internet..
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, a Democrat, argues such rules are needed to prevent phone and cable companies from using their control over Internet access to favor some kinds of online content and services over others.

Doesn't sound like that to me, Waterhead!
 
Dixie said:
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, a Democrat, argues such rules are needed to prevent phone and cable companies from using their control over Internet access to favor some kinds of online content and services over others.

Doesn't sound like that to me, Waterhead!
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And why should ISP's be able to favor some content over the others? You should decide what you want to favor, not them.
 
T&A said:
Because you're using their product!!
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It's my product. They should have no say in the matter other than to give me what I pay for. They don't have a right to do anything to the internet. They need to stay the fuck out of the pipes or we should nationalize it and do away with the intrusive middle man.
 
Bittermark said:
It's my product. They should have no say in the matter other than to give me what I pay for. They don't have a right to do anything to the internet. They need to stay the fuck out of the pipes or we should nationalize it and do away with the intrusive middle man.
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Its not your product.
 
Dixie said:
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, a Democrat, argues such rules are needed to prevent phone and cable companies from using their control over Internet access to favor some kinds of online content and services over others.

Doesn't sound like that to me, Waterhead!
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Surprisingly, people with real jobs and real responsibility don't just think of the internet as a way to log onto the Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity websites, like you do.

I need unrestricted, reliable, unlimited, and fast internet access to do a myriad of things related to my job. You probably don't. You just surf rightwing blogs. Actual real professionals, and people who need to do research or access data and information need unfettered internet access, free from the whims of ComCast. Net neutrality is good for business, good for research, and just plain fair; aka, the internet was invented with public tax dollars. It wasn't invented by ComCast.

The FCC is going to ensure net neutrality whether you like it or not, my Sean hannity-worshipping Neoconfederate. The court left the door open to regulating the internet via another section of the law, the same legal statute that enables the government to regulate phone companies. ComCast will whine about it, but the next challenge from comcast will be shot down in court if the FCC plays its cards right.
 
Bittermark said:
It's my product. They should have no say in the matter other than to give me what I pay for. They don't have a right to do anything to the internet. They need to stay the fuck out of the pipes or we should nationalize it and do away with the intrusive middle man.
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Well this is the problem with Socialist propaganda, you can't always believe what is said. As far as I know, all US ISP's provide total and complete access to all websites on the Internet. You are not presently restricted or regulated in any way, regarding content or what you are able to access. This power play by the FCC was for the purpose of RESTRICTING certain content, or "balancing" the content provided. Unfortunately for your Socialist Communist ass, the court ruled against the FCC and told them to keep their grubby hands off the Internet!
 
Dixie said:
Well this is the problem with Socialist propaganda, you can't always believe what is said. As far as I know, all US ISP's provide total and complete access to all websites on the Internet. You are not presently restricted or regulated in any way, regarding content or what you are able to access. This power play by the FCC was for the purpose of RESTRICTING certain content, or "balancing" the content provided. Unfortunately for your Socialist Communist ass, the court ruled against the FCC and told them to keep their grubby hands off the Internet!
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And it's not going to have any effect. And the the supremes are going to strike the morons down.
 
When the cable company can filter or control what information we can access, they control the information.

Yes, it is their cable. But would you allow the phone company to limit your access to only certain numbers?

The cable companies are a ruthless bunch of assholes. If you think they care about what you want then you haven't been paying attention. They divided up the nation into little fiefdoms so they would have little or no competition.
 
My turbo-lib brothers are not going to like this. But as a shareholder in a large provider I like the ruling. We get to decide what content has priority. There is no monopoly if you don't like comcast's service switch to AT&T. Ahhh, I own stock in AT&T. Peace
 
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