5 Surprising Things in FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations

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At long last, the Federal Communications Commission has released the full version of the net neutrality rules it approved (3 to 2) on Feb. 26 — all 400 pages of them. The first few pages contain no surprises for anyone who has been following the issue a

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[Jakob Stagg]

FCC now has some authority over your on-line privacy. How does that work? Our government had done everything possible to assure there is no privacy. What we need is some control over the deprivations of our government.

 

[Biff Tannen]

Okay, I get it now. This is simply to force ISP's to price people out of home internet or go bankrupt. The government doesn't have easy access to private records, but they can get public records with no issue.

Just pushing more into the NSA pipeline. Good job leftists, your dream of a totalitarian regime (which you will not be a member of, sorry) is almost complete.

 

[___jon]

i see you ran to post this before actually reading the dissents.

"The plan is quite clear about the limited duration of its forbearance decisions, stating that the FCC will revisit them in the future and proceed in an incremental manner with respect to additional regulation.32 In discussing additional rate regulation, tariffs, last-mile unbundling, burdensome administrative filing requirements, accounting standards, and entry and exit regulation, the plan repeatedly states that it is only forbearing 'at this time.'33 For others, the FCC will not impose rules 'for now.'34"

"Fauxbearance from Tariffing (sections 203, 204): To quote the item, 'It is our predictive judgment that [the protections in sections 201 and 202 of the Act] will be adequate to protect the interests of consumers—including the interest in just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory conduct—that might otherwise be threatened by the actions of broadband providers. Importantly, broadband providers also are
subject to complaints and Commission enforcement in the event that they violate sections 201 or 202 of the Act, the open Internet rules, or other elements of the core broadband Internet access requirements.'53

This is backdoor rate-setting authority."

so much for item two.