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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: 1322841" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-murder-of-net-neutrality-20140429-column.html#page=1" target="_blank"><strong>Your complete guide to the murder of net neutrality - LA Times</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Wheeler's proposal, which is scheduled for a preliminary vote by the full FCC on May 15, has been assailed as a full-scale retreat from the open-Internet principle traditionally upheld by the commission, and explicitly supported by President Obama. Wheeler claims he's not backing away from net neutrality at all, and that assertions to the contrary are the product of "<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/blog/setting-record-straight-fcc-s-open-internet-rules" target="_blank">a great deal of misinformation.</a>"</p><p></p><p>He's blowing smoke. The critics are right. Wheeler's proposal will turn the Internet as we know it into the private preserve of a handful of rich and powerful companies. It will make them richer and more powerful. And you'll be getting the bill. If the commission votes for the proposal, it will then be subject to months of public comments. But the risk is it could become law by the end of this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1322841, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-murder-of-net-neutrality-20140429-column.html#page=1'][B]Your complete guide to the murder of net neutrality - LA Times[/B][/URL] Wheeler's proposal, which is scheduled for a preliminary vote by the full FCC on May 15, has been assailed as a full-scale retreat from the open-Internet principle traditionally upheld by the commission, and explicitly supported by President Obama. Wheeler claims he's not backing away from net neutrality at all, and that assertions to the contrary are the product of "[URL='http://www.fcc.gov/blog/setting-record-straight-fcc-s-open-internet-rules']a great deal of misinformation.[/URL]" He's blowing smoke. The critics are right. Wheeler's proposal will turn the Internet as we know it into the private preserve of a handful of rich and powerful companies. It will make them richer and more powerful. And you'll be getting the bill. If the commission votes for the proposal, it will then be subject to months of public comments. But the risk is it could become law by the end of this year. [/QUOTE]
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