karlmarx
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| It's CLEANING HOUSE time at the FCC
Finally,
It's time to replace the fat cat republicans who have sold out the FCC to the megacorps, and get back to basics. The FCC was formed to SERVE the public interests. The republicans interpreted that to mean "collect cash from megacorp and let megacorp screw the consumer". Luckily, once they kick Teddy (tubes) Stevens (who has NO CLUE what the 'interweb' is) off the committee, things will move forward. Finally, we can have a national broadband policy, where everyone can expect to get at LEAST a 10/10 connection. Finally, we can use bittorrent to it's full potential. Finally, businesses and individuals can flourish on the INTERNET. Unlike Dubyah, we don't use 'the google', we use google. And unlike Dubyah, the American public believes that high speed internet access is a RIGHT that all americans should have access too. Happy days are here again!
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2 edits | Very little will change. And if you have any doubts about that, see the stock market's reaction to the election. They know who is still in charge - the people with money.
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And, BTW Ted Stevens is in the Senate, and that House of Congress is still up in the air yet as to who will be in charge. And even if the Dems grab the Senate too, Stevens stays on the committee as the ranking minority member.
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Transmaster
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If you think there will be any change in the dysfunctional FCC there is a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell to you for real cheap, the FCC has been for sale since the first auctions of frequencies where done and political hacks where shocked at how much money this racked in. This made a commission post real plums for people who where only interested in lining their pockets with promise of high paying jobs with the very companies they where suppose to be exercising over sight on after they left office.
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said by karlmarx :
Finally, we can use bittorrent to it's full potential.
Shhh... Don't tell them that.
We might end up with national packet-shaping.
But seriously, as long as there is free-enterprise, there will never be internet-equality in terms of bandwidth. The "megacorps" are really the people that control of the residential broadband market. |
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dispatcher21
join:2004-01-22
united state | reply to karlmarx
No, the American public does NOT believe that high speed internet is a RIGHT. Only bleeding heart liberals that think no one should work for what they get and want people dependent upon the government think so. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
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said by karlmarx  :Finally, ... Happy days are here again! holy smokes man, calm yourself down!
First off, it will be at least 2 years (more?) before anything changes at the FCC. Copps and Adelstein may be encouraged to stand up more for competition, but Martin still controls the agency. The new guy may have lobbied for the CLECs, but the fact this administration chose him doesn't give me comfort - there is still a 3-2 republican majority at the FCC.
Also, the democrats are now in power, and they are generally more friendly to competition, but it remains to be seen if they are willing to wean themselves from the teat of big Telco and Cableco.
To get real competition is going to mean goring a lot powerful oxen and I don't know if the dems are up for it. At best, we can hope in the near term things don't get worse.
That being said, if by some miracle the ATT/Bellsouth merger gets derailed, all bets are off and it may indeed be happy days. |
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
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Yea, I agree. The internet should be free. It's a shame people expect to make a profit on a utility. /sarcasm
Everyone wants everyone else to give them everything for free. |
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said by Transmaster :If you think there will be any change in the dysfunctional FCC there is a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell to you for real cheap, Hello;
I am Adbud la Boounta, the cousin of the former Major of Mamook in southern Nigeria. When my cousin was threatened with murder he hid all his wealth and trusted me with the knowledge of where it was in case he was killed. Sadly, 2 years ago he was indeed killed in a suspicious accident involving a runaway cart of grapefruit. Since I believe his murderers are still watching our family closely, I must find a way to get money out of here and into the U.S.A. without going through official Nigerian channels.
I am very interested in your Brooklyn Bridge offer. I wish to buy it as an investment. I also wish to buy the New Jersey Turnpike, but I can alas send only one check, so what I will do is send you the money for both, you sell me the bridge, and then forward the money for the Turnpike into an account # I will provide you with. Of course you can keep $20 million US as a fee for yourself for helping me out.
Please get back to me with your contact information and bank account numbers so we can complete this deal soon. I am standing here beside myself in anticipation of finally providing business opportunities for my family.
Thank You,
Adbud la Boounta
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2 edits | reply to karlmarx
said by karlmarx :Finally, businesses and individuals can flourish on the INTERNET. Finally we can start to admit the economy is good. Finally we can go start saying new stuff going thru congress (which is exactly like the old stuff) is good. Finally we can say the majority of Americans have demanded change (when the majority of Americans actually said "who cares"). It'll be fun, like the manic portion of bipolar disorder.
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
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said by dispatcher21 :No, the American public does NOT believe that high speed internet is a RIGHT. Only bleeding heart liberals that think no one should work for what they get and want people dependent upon the government think so. Actually, Congress thinks so, and said so in the 1996 Telecom Act, which was signed into law. It is U.S. National Policy that affordable broadband become available to all Americans in a timely manner. |
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dispatcher21
join:2004-01-22
united state
| To become affordable does not make it a right...utilities are not rights. Dont pay your water bill and it gets turned off. Dont pay your internet bill, it gets turned off. Your REAL RIGHTS are in the Bill of Rights...you dont have to pay to use those. |
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Transmaster
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join:2001-06-20
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
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said by TKJunkMail :Very little will change. And if you have any doubts about that, see the stock market's reaction to the election. I don't see any reason for the stock market to react to an election. Stock markets are driven by people interested in money. Not politics. You won't see any changes just because there is a regime change in Congress. You will start seeing changes in the market only when actual bills come to a vote that would affect their interests. |
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TKJunkMail
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| said by SRFireside : Stock markets are driven by people interested in money. Not politics. Is anybody still this naive? Of course the stock market is affected by political events. It is one of the many drivers of market reaction.
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
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| Lets try this again. Stock market is about money. Congress has done nothing to affect that... yet. You won't see any changes in the market until the new Congress starts ruffling a few feathers. Until then there is absolutely no reason why Joe Stockholder should sell his shares (and lose those sweet dividends) when nothing is directly affecting the value of that stock. Only an idiot would mess with their portfolio like that. |
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