[opendtv] Re: Ajit Pai does ISPs' bidding, pushes for tighter rules on Google and Facebook
- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "brewmastercraig" for DMARC)
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 06:49:56 -0400
On Sep 9, 2018, at 8:18 PM, Manfredi (US), Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's is really painful to watch such corruption from a government official be
perpetuated, unchecked, for so long. And not just corruption of the worst
kind, but also either intended disingenuous behavior, or profound ignorance,
about the responsibilities of his office.
It is painful to see you continuing to make a fool of yourself Bert. Pai had
every right to issue his statement and raise questions about the proper role of
regulation of Internet access and services. It was your hero Chairman Wheeler
and President Obama, who attempted - but fortunately failed - to permanently
entrench a handful of progressive tech company monopolies, while subjecting
potential competitors to onerous government regulation. This was never about
“Net Neutrality,” Bert. I is just another chapter in the story of how
politicians and powerful private industries use government regulation to gain
competitive advantage and protection.
Sadly, the politicians are walking into a trap; we have already seen where this
is headed thanks to our more progressive friends in Europe. Under the guise of
personal privacy, the large Internet edge services will now become the new
entrenched monopolies in the world of communications and information. The cost
of compliance with new regulations will make it nearly impossible for new
competitors to enter the market; meanwhile the politicians and the monopolists
will control the algorithms that control what we can say on what was once
believed to be a revolution in communications.
The web sites are no more his business than your Giant food store is the
repsonsibility of your local DOT. The way he tries to distract the other
ignorants, the lawyers in Congress, it just too much to take. Web sites can
readily compete. They don't need anything as much oversight, as do the
utilities, which don't compete. Broadband providers are just such utlities.
The FC's job is telecoms, not you freakin' neighborhood Starbucks and heir
web site.
You can’t have it both ways Bert. You cannot support Obama’s decision to use
FCC Net Neutrality regulation of ISPs to disadvantage one set of competitors
over another, then say the the FCC cannot comment on the impact of those
regulations.
Chairman Pai correctly noted that these issues are now in the appropriate forum
- CONGRESS. The questions Pai raised are highly relevant to the ongoing debate
about “neutrality.”
He needs to be booted out of office, for malfeasance.
He has done nothing wrong. What law has Pai, or the President for that matter,
broken? Sounds like you are jumping on the “criminalizing politics bandwagon”
Bert.
Hate to point out the obvious, but it was your team that broke the rules,
clearly laid out by Congress. I agree the FCC is broken and unnecessary. Such
is the reality of an agency that was created to regulate government created
monopolies...
Regards
Craig
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