FCC votes to advance net neutrality repeal

[babylonsister]

The public needs to be aware of this so they can #resist

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/334050-fcc-votes-to-advance-net-neutrality-repeal

FCC votes to advance net neutrality repeal
By Ali Breland and Harper Neidig - 05/18/17 12:10 PM EDT


Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to roll back net neutrality took its first step forward on Thursday.

The commission voted 2-1 along party lines to advance Pai’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” proposal, which would repeal current net neutrality protections.

Thursday's vote opens a period of public input before the agency advances the proposal.

The FCC’s formal decision to consider the proposal did not come without resistance. The commission’s lone Democrat, Mignon Clyburn, harshly criticized the proposal and activists braved the heat to protest outside FCC headquarters.

“While the majority engages in flowery rhetoric about light-touch regulation and so on, the endgame appears to be no-touch regulation and a wholescale destruction of the FCC’s public interest authority in the 21st century,” Clyburn said in her dissent.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, applauded the move and called for Democrats to come to the table to work out a legislative compromise on the issue.

“In politics, it is rare to get a second chance at bipartisan compromise, yet right now we have an opportunity to accomplish what eluded us two years ago—clear and certain rules in statute to protect the open internet,” he said on the Senate floor ahead of the commission's vote.

[blogslut]

1. I think this Electronic Frontier Foundation form is up to date.

https://dearfcc.org/

[Qutzupalotl]

2. K&R

[hunter]

3. In addition to badgering the FCC, people need to hit the telcoms where it hurts.

Overwhelm their call centers. They'll tell you some bullshit about how they'd NEVER interfere with their competition, but even so, they need to know their customers are aware of their underhanded dealings and won't tolerate being held hostage.

My own television plays movies, that's all it does, DVDs and SD Netflix.

No cable, no satellite, no broadcast.

I have a medium speed dsl connection to an independent ISP and that's it.

I don't expect everyone to be so bold, but even those who have no other options but a scummy ISP like COMCAST can make their complaints known and demonstrate their resolve by refusing bundled subscription television models.

I'll be damned if Fox News and their ilk get a dime from me just because they're part of some cable television bundle that's 90% propaganda, boner pill commercials, and other fuckwittery.