FCC votes to go forward with net neutrality rules

[Seedersandleechers]

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Source: KC Star Via AP

NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to go forward with the proposal of new rules that could set standards for Internet providers who wish to create paid priority fast lanes on their networks.

The preliminary vote, in which three of agency's commissioners supported the measure and two dissented, moves the so-called "net neutrality" rules into a formal public comment period. After the 120-day period ends, the FCC will revise the proposal and vote on a final set of rules. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has said he wants the rules in place by the end of this year.

"Today we take another step in what has been a decade-long effort to protect a free and open Internet," Wheeler, a Democrat, said before the vote.

But the idea of allowing priority access, even if it's regulated by the government, has received heavy criticism from many companies that do business online, along with open Internet advocates. Outside the hearing protesters banged drums and held up signs calling for net neutrality. At least one was ushered out of the hearing after standing up and yelling at the commissioners.




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[Prophet 451]

1. FCC votes to KILL net neutrality n/t

[upaloopa]

2. Why do we need new rules?

What is wrong with what we are doing? New rules are not needed IMHO

[freshwest]

9. What is wrong is what Comcast is doing right now. They say they'll tier the service within 5 years,

measuring each subscriber's time online and packets of data streamed. And they have no intention of letting their customers have any say.

The net is being throttled by private interests, not the government. The FCC is trying to get ahead of the corporations to save what is left of the net that we have used for some years and people took it for granted, but those supplying the interfaces are going to demand their costs of the expansion be paid. There i not an infinite amount of digits and hardware.

The Republicans are already screaming the FCC has no right to tell these businesses anything. The status quo of the past is being assailed by business and Franken and Wheeler are standing alone in the fight to stop it.

All I have said, I learned via DU from Daily Kos and threads with the statements by Franken and the Comcast story as well.

We need rules to protect us from strong forces who are setting rules in place right now, with no citizen input.

JMHO. YMMV.

[Fearless]

3. There will be HELL to pay.

They've swatting the beehive one too many times and now they will be stung.

[L0oniX]

4. Wheeler is the worst kind of Dem.

[leftyohiolib]

5. wheeler says

"Today we take another step in what has been a decade-long effort to protect a free and open Internet," Wheeler, a Democrat, said before the vote. "slavery is freedom,war is peace etc"

[sulphurdunn]

6. Ah, but don't ya know,

it's not their fault, see. The court made 'em do it, poor lads. And the president, well...his hands are tied, don't ya know, poor man that he is. And congress, yes congress. They get to sit this one out, ya see, because it's not their turn to take one for the team, maybe later for guttin' Social Security or somethin' like that.

[blkmusclmachine]

11. With "Democrats" like these, who needs...

___________.

[sulphurdunn]

12. Republicans?

[Seedersandleechers]

7. Dear FCC

https://dearfcc.org

[monmouth3]

8. Thank you for that link. We should all sign up..n/t

[DURHAM D]

10. So are they shrinking the series of tubes?

Too bad Senator Stevens isn't around to explain this to me.

[maddezmom]

13. Locking, duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014804428