He should be ashamed of himself, for being such a phony. Just the name of this
order says it all. Restoring the freedom of the telecom monopolies to screw
everyone. Let's go down the list:
1. Being in bed with the handful of special interests, this phony likes to
pretend that he's handing the reins off to a really great "the cop on the
beat." He does like many people do, when they want to shirk their
responsibilities. They make a big show of how the customer is being handed off
to some really competent other guy. Just to get that responsibility off of
their own shoulders, where it should belong. It's a common enough ploy. We've
all seen it, at one time or another. Phony! The telecoms have always been the
FCC's job.
2. More crap. Even his own staffers called him out on this. It's not enough for
the local monopoly telecom to explain that they are screwing you. The consumer
has to have a guarantee of neutrality, not an explanation that the telecom is
blocking sites. Look back to 1906, why Congress decided that this had to be a
guarantee. And not all "innovation" is good. The Chairman is most likely
another clueless luddite, who is still infatuated with his cable TV experience,
unable to move past what 40 year old "business models" can do. No one in his
right mind wants to recreate the cable TV experience, for the Internet, where
content owners have to collude with the distribution network. As to allowing
for more competition, show me any evidence that the capital expenditures for
telecom would go down, when local monopolies are given free rein to screw
customers. It makes no sense. You're still not going to see dozens of providers
building out infrastructure on every neighborhood.
3. Lunatic libertarian claptrap. Monopolies cannot self-regulate, it's as
simple as that. Between 2000 and 2015, i.e. **after** Internet access migrated
away from Title II dialup telephone lines, that's when the cable TV companies
began with their excuses "We don't have to be neutral because we are not common
carriers." It was exactly that attitude that got them into trouble, and why
millions of PEOPLE wrote to the FCC. In 2014 and again in 2017. This crook
thinks he can ignore everyone, to spout his ignorant libertarian banalities.
4. And then lies. He "strongly believes" that he has to help those he is in bed
with. He is not a dictator. Nothing could matter less than what "he strongly
believes." What matters is what the vast majority of people "strongly believe,"
and his predecessor was intelligent enough to understand this point. No one
needs extremist libertarian yahoos that have delusions of grandeur, to be in
charge of something as important as the FCC.
Boot the rascals out of office. Dishonest phonies.
Bert
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https://www.fcc.gov/restoring-internet-freedom
Restoring Internet Freedom
The FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which took effect on June 11,
provides a framework for protecting an open Internet while paving the way for
better, faster and cheaper Internet access for consumers. It replaces
unnecessary, heavy-handed regulations that were developed way back in 1934 with
strong consumer protections, increased transparency, and common-sense rules
that will promote investment and broadband deployment. The FCC's framework for
protecting Internet freedom has three key parts:
1.Consumer Protection
The Federal Trade Commission will police and take action against Internet
service providers for anticompetitive acts or unfair and deceptive practices.
The FTC is the nation's premier consumer protection agency, and until the FCC
stripped it of jurisdiction over Internet service providers in 2015, the FTC
protected consumers consistently across the Internet economy.
2.Transparency
A critical part of Internet openness involves Internet service providers being
transparent about their business practices. That's why the FCC has imposed
enhanced transparency requirements. Internet service providers must publicly
disclose information regarding their network management practices, performance,
and commercial terms of service. These disclosures must be made via a publicly
available, easily accessible company website or through the FCC's website. This
will discourage harmful practices and help regulators target any problematic
conduct.
These disclosures also support innovation, investment, and competition by
ensuring that entrepreneurs and other small businesses have the technical
information necessary to create and maintain online content, applications,
services, and devices.
Internet Service Providers must clearly disclose their network management
practices on their own web sites or with the FCC. For more information about
these disclosures, you can visit https://www.fcc.gov/isp-disclosures.
3.Removes Unnecessary Regulations to Promote Broadband Investment
The Internet wasn't broken in 2015, when the previous FCC imposed 1930s-era
regulations (known as "Title II") on Internet service providers. And
ironically, these regulations made things worse by limiting investment in
high-speed networks and slowing broadband deployment. Under Title II, broadband
network investment dropped more than 5.6% -- the first time a decline has
happened outside of a recession. The effect was particularly serious for
smaller Internet service providers-fixed wireless companies, small-town cable
operators, municipal broadband providers, electric cooperatives, and
others-that don't have the resources or lawyers to navigate a thicket of
complex rules. Removing these outdated and unnecessary regulations will create
a strong incentive for companies to pour resources into building better online
infrastructure across the country and bringing faster, better, and cheaper
Internet access to more Americans.
"I strongly believe in a free and open Internet. Our rules will ensure that we
have a free and open Internet, and Americans will have access to better,
faster, and cheaper broadband."
- FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
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