FCC Votes 3-2 To Begin Reclassifying ISPs Under Title II

said by Michael C:

Now you see why other ISPs DIDN'T want Comcast to take the FCC to court.

said by pandora:

I never understood why Comcast pushed it, all they had was the slightest slap on the wrist. Taking it to court seemed like an extreme overreaction.

I can't wait to see what the new regulatory taxes will be once the courts affirm the FCC's authority to do this.

said by BF69:

You mean in 10 years?

said by i1me2ao:

the road to hell is paved with good intentions. this a plain power grab to force the net to be more like cable tv. these morons have no idea what the hell they are doing..

said by Mr Matt:

All those persons opposing regulation of ISP's should be shipped off to Somalia for a month so that they can experience life without government regulators meddling in their affairs.

said by jester121:

Yeah, because that is the main thing causing problems in Somalia.

said by RiverMerger:

Somalia is a bad example in relation to this. Somalia is example of a failed State and no mater what happens we could all agree that the Internet will not fail.

said by jester121:

Yeah, because that is the main thing causing problems in Somalia.

said by GNH:

Were they to gain control of the Internet - a system that was built to defy control - you can rest assured they will render the Internet useless, if allowed.

said by GNH:

People like you depend on socialistic governments, people like me do not.

said by GNH:

Wireless will drive the Internet within 10 years, max.

said by GNH:

You're off-topic, for the most part. My disdain and distrust of government has nothing to do with proper functions of the state.

said by GNH:

ibid.

said by GNH:

The government has ZERO business regulating the Internet, ...

said by GNH:

That's not regulation, it's law enforcement.

[edit] But, I understand you can't see the subtlety.

said by GNH:

I don't see cable, copper, or fiber as the future. Wireless will drive the Internet within 10 years, max.

said by KrK:

Another thing we need Government for. Imagine the chaos of unregulated spectrum.

said by GNH:

You know very little. You can't compare citizens band to an IP network. That's idiotic.

said by GNH:

You've got to be kidding... You need to give more thought to the technology; both AM and TCP/IP over Wifi. You're comparing apples to sirloin.

said by amigo_boy:

As you post to a forum using a technology developed through socialized markets (government-sponsored DARPA development of TCP/IP).

Delivered through rights or way and easements without which, a private ISP would find it impossible to negotiate with every property owner between them and you.

Probably from the comfort of a home built to construction codes and zoning restrictions, altering what willing buyers and sellers would freely negotiate within a "market." (Reducing your caveat emptor when buying or renting. And, eliminating your responsibility to purchase enough property to protect yourself from your neighbor's perfect property right to dispose of their property how they wish, such as a late-night biker bar.).

Perhaps snacking on some food without having to worry (much) about how it was made -- thanks to food and drug quality laws (again, altering what a "free market" of willing buyers and sellers would produce).

After a nice, steamy poo... plopped into water delivered to your home with an ease that wouldn't have existed if left to a "market." Swept away to a treatment facility which, thanks to the zoning laws mentioned above (preventing your neighbor from exercising their perfect property right to compete in that space -- to the benefit of your own property interest.).

said by JPL:

But make no mistake - it's private enterprise that makes these technologies a reality.

said by JPL:

THIS, btw, is why this move by the FCC is idiotic:

»www.businessweek.com/technology/···1009.htm

It's going to slam the economy.

said by GNH:

So, you have an opinion... Look, I could not care less what you think. People like you depend on socialistic governments, people like me do not. We do not need the type of twisted, control-minded, entitlement oriented "government," which sadly this country is forced to deal with at this point in time. Government has no business regulating the Internet. Only fools are comfortable with the current state of government devolution. Those fools have no chance of survival.

said by wispalord:

What made the internet a good place and intersting in the late 90s and early 2000 was the lack of authority, you could do anything, get anything and trade anything it was a system un touched by goverments, it made it fun cause it was a place we could do as we wished. Now this is going to be taken away and we will be forced to recive content they see fit like in China, and american tv, add will climb on the net to pay for it, this is a BAD IDEA. Also it will give terroist a new plan to cripple the US, people who under stand this will know what i'm talking about.

said by wispalord:

What made the internet a good place and intersting in the late 90s and early 2000 was the lack of authority, you could do anything, get anything and trade anything it was a system un touched by goverments, it made it fun cause it was a place we could do as we wished. Now this is going to be taken away and we will be forced to recive content they see fit like in China, and american tv, add will climb on the net to pay for it, this is a BAD IDEA. Also it will give terroist a new plan to cripple the US, people who under stand this will know what i'm talking about.

said by pnh102:

This isn't going to end well.

said by Noah Vail:

Does this mean that the xxAAs
would now be able to focus their efforts,
solely on Congress (where they've enjoyed much success)
in order to gain the control over ISP's
that they've been lusting for?

NV

said by BF69:

God a bunch of whinning over NOTHING absolutely NOTHING.

Ok they have agree to START disussions the issue. Ok after about 2-3 years of that they might do something which is process that will take 2-3 more years. At which point at&t and other will sue and it will go to court will the loser will appeal until it hits the Supreme Court and they finally rule in the year 2024 when it will be moot anyways. Honestly I'm not worried about shit that may or may not happen in 2024. In 1996 did anyone here think the internet would be what it is today?

said by chronoss2009:

nope its totally fd and getting worse by the minute