[opendtv] Re: How the FCC actually defines "telecom"
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:46:45 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
What the hell does DTV, HDTV, and spectrum have to do with
telecommunications Bert?
Uuuuh, Craig. DTV has nothing to do with anything here. You asserted that the
term "telecom" refers only to voice telephony. I proved to you, beyond a shadow
of a doubt, going right to the FCC itself, that you are incorrect.
In particular, the term "telecom" also covers what was termed "advanced telecom
services" (aka Internet services). *Therefore*, if Title II is applied to
systems that carry "advanced telecom services," such as broadband networks, as
it has been, that should hardly be surprising. On the other hand, on these same
broadband infrastructures, the slice of spectrum allocated to the walled garden
MVPD services is not considered telecom. That slice need not worry about
neutrality.
This is all a historical artifact, Craig. There was no issue, as long as
"advanced telecom services" were being carried over Title II telephone lines.
The PROBLEMS started when "advanced telecom services" migrated to non-neutral,
monopolistic, and unessential entertainment networks.
But one article made a very good point about how the FCC could use
its "telecommunications" authority to regulate services like
Facebook, Skype and others.
That's predictable nonsense from lunatic paranoids, Craig. The FCC, and
previous agencies, have had over a century of history showing that they are
plenty capable of understanding what it means to regulate the neutral behavior
of the public telecom infrastructure, while not regulating the users of that
infrastructure. Web sites are users of the Internet, just like you are a user
of the telephone, when you call Aunt Sally. I'd expect the courts to prevent
the FCC from ever attempting to control the users. Although of course, the FTC
is justified in controlling Internet businesses that deal with the public.
Lunatic paranoids always use these drama-queen scare tactics. That's why they
called lunatic paranoids, after all.
Bert
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