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Former Comcast and Verizon Attorneys Now Manage the FCC and Are About to Kill the Internet
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1319203" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/256691/opposing-net-neutrality-is-terrible-politics-republicans" target="_blank"><strong>Opposing net neutrality is terrible politics, Republicans - The Week</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The FCC is reviving tossed-out net neutrality rules. But this is a case where government regulation isn't spooky.</p><p></p><p>The political problem for Republicans is that net neutrality doesn't feel like Big Government stepping in to run your business. It may tie the hands of a few companies, but it lets consumers use the internet on (mostly) their own terms. They can watch Netflix or Hulu or YouTube as much as they want without fear that their ISP will throttle their service, or charge them extra.</p><p></p><p>In fact, the FCC is treading on questionable legal ground by not just declaring ISPs regulated public utilities, like telephone companies — a move within the agency's power, even according to the federal appellate court that tossed out the FCC's earlier net neutrality rules. Most net neutrality proponents, including Democrats, are <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303636404579392960485193226?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303636404579392960485193226.html" target="_blank">urging the FCC to go this route</a>, since it would increase the commission's authority to regulate ISPs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1319203, member: 1"] [URL='http://theweek.com/article/index/256691/opposing-net-neutrality-is-terrible-politics-republicans'][B]Opposing net neutrality is terrible politics, Republicans - The Week[/B][/URL] The FCC is reviving tossed-out net neutrality rules. But this is a case where government regulation isn't spooky. The political problem for Republicans is that net neutrality doesn't feel like Big Government stepping in to run your business. It may tie the hands of a few companies, but it lets consumers use the internet on (mostly) their own terms. They can watch Netflix or Hulu or YouTube as much as they want without fear that their ISP will throttle their service, or charge them extra. In fact, the FCC is treading on questionable legal ground by not just declaring ISPs regulated public utilities, like telephone companies — a move within the agency's power, even according to the federal appellate court that tossed out the FCC's earlier net neutrality rules. Most net neutrality proponents, including Democrats, are [URL='http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303636404579392960485193226?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303636404579392960485193226.html']urging the FCC to go this route[/URL], since it would increase the commission's authority to regulate ISPs. [/QUOTE]
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