Your news, your entertainment; just look at this! Talk about control--government control! (Page 2): https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/open-internet We all know, except the liberals...

plainlogic

S. Maturin wrote:

Just look at the 'bedfellows'! br br "On Jul... (show quote)

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/open-internet

We all know, except the liberals, that, the Government always initiates rules and laws that have a good start but always ends up morphing into costing taxpayers more money, prohibiting the people instead of freeing up liberty.

What happens is: the politicians use complex language, that ends up, many times going to the Supreme Court for clarity. They do this purposely for control; to raise taxes, to install new rules for more control.

plainlogic

4430 wrote:

Just another power grab for the government !

What amazes me is the amount of people who want and need the government to do for them that have no ability to think for themselves !

It's a proven fact that anything Big government has their hands in will screw it up !

BINGO!!

S. Maturin

plainlogic wrote:

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/open-internet... (show quote)

Lawyers- most congresscritters- excel at obfuscation. And as you said, it is deliberate.

Bastages, all.

plainlogic

Larry the Legend wrote:

Fascinating. How do they do that? What's the mechanism? I really don't see how that could be possible.

I would guess the Gruberment would impose fines to the ISP's. Much like the FCC imposes fines on all licensed radio communications stations that operate, outside the parameters, they - [FCC] set on the station license.

S. Maturin

plainlogic wrote:

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/open-internet... (show quote)

Politicians look at us as turkeys and dream of turkey dinner. Or in another view: All the balls are in their court because they made the court and the balls. We are spectators at our own maulings.

plainlogic

bmac32 wrote:

So you want jerky video also? It' basically about choice. Don't know about you but I do not want an ISP to be able to throttle me like many of the phone companies are doing today. When someone pays for unlimited at a certain speed they should receive it, not the first say 20gb like many of the larger ones do right now, same thing goes for 4G to 3G and some cut your phone service to 2G. Read the contract closely, I know Verizon and Sprint already do this, so what would be next?

That's exactly correct. You have always got to think outside the box with the Gubuers [ Guberment ] It's always what's inside the cake and not the ribbon around the package you're getting. Mac, you made it clear...

plainlogic

S. Maturin wrote:

Politicians look at us as turkeys and dream of turkey dinner. Or in another view: All the balls are in their court because they made the court and the balls. We are spectators at our own maulings.

Neat way to put it.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

plainlogic wrote:

I would guess the Gruberment would impose fines to the ISP's. Much like the FCC imposes fines on all licensed radio communications stations that operate, outside the parameters, they - [FCC] set on the station license.

What I'm referring to is the detection part of enforcing the law, not the punishment. How can they possibly detect when a network slows down by design instead of one of the other more 'natural' causes? I don't see how that's possible.

moldyoldy

Larry the Legend wrote:

What I'm referring to is the detection part of enforcing the law, not the punishment. How can they possibly detect when a network slows down by design instead of one of the other more 'natural' causes? I don't see how that's possible.

Think of network content, such as the speed of Netflix compared to hulu for streaming a movie.

bggamers Loc: georgia

4430 wrote:

Just another power grab for the government !

What amazes me is the amount of people who want and need the government to do for them that have no ability to think for themselves !

It's a proven fact that anything Big government has their hands in will screw it up !

didnt Obama give control of our internet over to a forgeign company

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Thanks for clearing that up, twas a tad confusing to me.

S. Maturin

bggamers wrote:

didnt Obama give control of our internet over to a forgeign company

Now, that might explain it, if so.

Our power co is Brit and since the reliable old American Co. sold to the Brits, we lose power- 'blips of seconds' counted- about 40 to 100 times a year. Used to be those 'events' would be, like, maybe, twice or three times/yr.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

S. Maturin wrote:

Just look at the 'bedfellows'! br br "On Jul... (show quote)

"By making the order to repeal “Net Neutrality” public in advance of the vote, Chairman Pai has instituted a new transparency initiative at the FCC that reverses the policy of the previous chairman, Obama administration FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler who typically refused to make draft orders public prior to the full FCC commission final vote." Gee. We don't have to 'pass it to see what's in it' anymore.

Who was it said he'd have 'the most transparent administration ever'? His name's on the tip of my tongue... Oh, it'll come to me... Just gimme a minute... I know it, just can't seem to... Oh, well.