| In this case, the Republicans are right. The FCC should be an expert agency with little regard for politics. Unfortunately, it has -- at least recently -- been driven by politics, in particular partisan politics. Because of this, the appointments all should be made at the same time so that no party enjoys more than a one vote advantage. Otherwise, we'll see a partisan agenda at the FCC. And it'd be really scary if the FCC went berserk on regulating the Internet, as it tried to do when it illegally sanctioned Comcast for maintaining its quality of service. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK
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| said by SuperWISP:And it'd be really scary if the FCC went berserk on regulating the Internet, as it tried to do when it illegally sanctioned Comcast for maintaining its quality of service. And it would be really surprising if the FCC followed it's mandate and prevented abuses by ISP's on Internet access by punishing Comcast for illegally jamming and blocking and disrupting the user's connections.
There. Fixed it for you. Quality of service my butt.
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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Re: In this case, the Republicans are right. "maintaining its quality of service"? Are you nuts?
How do you live your life day after day ignoring the realities presented on this website and others about the advanced state of broadband in other countries versus the backwards state of broadband in the US? It just amazes me you can so completely blind yourselff. |
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Comcast was reining in bandwidth hogs -- in accordance with the subscriber agreements that they agreed to! -- so as to prevent them from harming others' quality of service. It was managing its network responsibly. |
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Providing good Internet is my life's work and mission Your attitude above demonstrates the extent to which the biased and misleading articles that appear on this site can affect people's perceptions.
Unlike most people, I am out there actually building out the Internet, day by day -- bringing it to people who need it. I have hands on experience with the realities of this business every day.
Unfortunately, the writing (one could not call it reporting, because it does not even come close to meeting standards of professional journalism or ethics) on this Web site is very unbalanced and is biased against ISPs. What's more, none of the writers has any actual experience as a provider of broadband. They like to pontificate, but I dare any one of them to walk a mile in my moccasins. Any of them is welcome, at any time, to come out with me for a day installing Internet service. I defy any of them to do this and continue to characterize ISPs as evil, greedy, or censorious. |
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