Green Energy
As I understand the matter, these regulations will take effect on February 26, 2015. According to Hot Air, these regulations will result in new taxes, a slower Internet, and fewer choices.
From the above link:
An Orwellian noose is tightening.
Is there any way to prevent this?
- Obamaphone Is Now Obamabroadband For Democrat Voters Who Say They’re In Need
From the Independent Sentinel: Broadband services are now a right! Broadband is being defined as a need – a right – for those who allegedly can’t pay for it themselves. No one minds giving to the poor but that is not what this is. This is...
- Breaking: Fcc Approves Net Neutrality
FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler From Politico: The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines Thursday to approve sweeping changes to how it regulates the Internet, capping more than a year of noisy debate that sparked millions of public...
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Wall Street Journal: The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom 'Net neutrality' sounds nice, but the Web is working fine now. The new rules will inhibit investment, deter innovation and create a billable-hours bonanza for lawyers. By ROBERT M....
- Obama Takes Over The Internet
Julius Caesar of the Internet From The Wall Street Journal The FCC puts another industry under political control.A federal appeals court ruled last month that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate the Internet. No worries,...
- Opening The Barn Door
Newsmax: Obama Plans Internet Grab: FCC to Embrace 'Net Neutrality' Sunday, September 20, 2009 7:16 PM By: John O. Edwards Since the Internet took root as a mass communications phenomenon in the mid 1990s, a quiet war has raged in Washington...
Green Energy
The Coming FCC Regulations
From the above link:
First, President Obama’s plan marks a monumental shift toward government control of the Internet. It gives the FCC the power to micromanage virtually every aspect of how the Internet works. It’s an overreach that will let a Washington bureaucracy, and not the American people, decide the future of the online world. It’s no wonder that net neutrality proponents are already bragging that it will turn the FCC into the “Department of the Internet.” For that reason, if you like dealing with the IRS, you are going to love the President’s plan.More information at Hot Air.
Second, President Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet will increase consumers’ monthly broadband bills. The plan explicitly opens the door to billions of dollars in new taxes on broadband. Indeed, states have already begun discussions on how they will spend the extra money. These new taxes will mean higher prices for consumers and more hidden fees that they have to pay.
Third, President Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet will mean slower broadband for American consumers. The plan contains a host of new regulations that will reduce investment in broadband networks. That means slower Internet speeds. It also means that many rural Americans will have to wait longer for access to quality broadband.
Fourth, President Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet will hurt competition and innovation and move us toward a broadband monopoly. The plan saddles small, independent businesses and entrepreneurs with heavy-handed regulations that will push them out of the market. As a result, Americans will have fewer broadband choices. This is no accident. Title II was designed to regulate a monopoly. If we impose that model on a vibrant broadband marketplace, a highly regulated monopoly is what we’ll get. We shouldn’t bring Ma Bell back to life in this dynamic, digital age.
Fifth, President Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet is an unlawful power grab. Courts have twice thrown out the FCC’s attempts at Internet regulation. There’s no reason to think that the third time will be the charm. Even a cursory look at the plan reveals glaring legal flaws that are sure to mire the agency in the muck of litigation for a long, long time.
And sixth, the American people are being misled about what is in President Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet. The rollout earlier in the week was obviously intended to downplay the plan’s massive intrusion into the Internet economy. Beginning next week, I look forward to sharing with the public key aspects of what this plan will actually do.
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...The commissioners can see the plan before they cast their votes. But the rest of us can’t. Lobbyists will likely be able to discover key details affecting their clients, and some details will leak out in the press. But the full text of the plan won’t be made public at all before the vote....
An Orwellian noose is tightening.
Is there any way to prevent this?
- Obamaphone Is Now Obamabroadband For Democrat Voters Who Say They’re In Need
From the Independent Sentinel: Broadband services are now a right! Broadband is being defined as a need – a right – for those who allegedly can’t pay for it themselves. No one minds giving to the poor but that is not what this is. This is...
- Breaking: Fcc Approves Net Neutrality
FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler From Politico: The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines Thursday to approve sweeping changes to how it regulates the Internet, capping more than a year of noisy debate that sparked millions of public...
-
Wall Street Journal: The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom 'Net neutrality' sounds nice, but the Web is working fine now. The new rules will inhibit investment, deter innovation and create a billable-hours bonanza for lawyers. By ROBERT M....
- Obama Takes Over The Internet
Julius Caesar of the Internet From The Wall Street Journal The FCC puts another industry under political control.A federal appeals court ruled last month that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate the Internet. No worries,...
- Opening The Barn Door
Newsmax: Obama Plans Internet Grab: FCC to Embrace 'Net Neutrality' Sunday, September 20, 2009 7:16 PM By: John O. Edwards Since the Internet took root as a mass communications phenomenon in the mid 1990s, a quiet war has raged in Washington...