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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemaining FCC Commissioners Promise to Gut Net Neutrality 'As Soon As Possible'
https://gizmodo.com/remaining-fcc-commissioners-promise-to-gut-net-neutrali-1790363416FCC chairmen Ajit Pai and Michael ORielly sent a joint letter to the telecom industrys five largest lobbying groups this week promising to reverse legislation meant to protect consumers from internet speed throttling:
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Remaining FCC Commissioners Promise to Gut Net Neutrality 'As Soon As Possible' (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Dec 2016
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sakabatou
(42,082 posts)1. Fuuuuuuuu!
davekriss
(4,608 posts)2. Just wonderful :(
Guess we better pull out and dust our old mimeograph machines, as between the death of net neutrality and growing total surveillance, it may be the only way to get any anti-establishment messages out.
hunter
(38,264 posts)3. Those who would "gut" net neutrality are small fry.
I hate to be dependent upon the good will of giant corporations, but Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook... etc., will happily gut the opponents of net neutrality.
What's happening now is a negotiation for the survival of the old model of telecommunications. Will companies like Comcast and AT&T still be around twenty years from now? Will broadcasters and cell phone companies still be able to exclusively occupy some chunk of the radio spectrum? Advances in technology have made these business models obsolete.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)4. Treason