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Title: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: mirth on November 10, 2014, 11:59:44 AM
He got one right!

http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/10/7185933/fcc-should-reclassify-internet-as-utility-obama-says
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: mirth on November 10, 2014, 12:03:05 PM
Oh Ted Cruz   :uglystupid2:

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/10/7186317/obamacare-for-the-internet-ted-cruz (http://www.vox.com/2014/11/10/7186317/obamacare-for-the-internet-ted-cruz)
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: Martok on November 10, 2014, 03:14:29 PM
Yeah, for once I'm in complete agreement with the President.  :o 
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: GDS_Starfury on November 10, 2014, 03:20:00 PM
even a blind squirrel can eventually find a nut.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: LongBlade on November 10, 2014, 06:22:52 PM
Quote from: Martok on November 10, 2014, 03:14:29 PM
Yeah, for once I'm in complete agreement with the President.  :o

I'm not so sure.

I'd rather see it in private hands but regulated as neutral.

Giving it all to the government is an invitation for abuse. I mean worse than it is already.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 10, 2014, 06:24:01 PM
Don't expect the media to do anything but applaud anything this genius does.

Expect more such chicanery the closer to 2016 we get.

Interesting that we've not heard of a motion to suspend or repeal the 22nd Amendment.

Oh, wait: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-joint-resolution/15

QuoteLatest Action:   01/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.

Lovely.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: Bison on November 11, 2014, 12:53:24 AM
Yeah.  That's what you all want is the government in control of your internet.  There hasn't been a single act done by this administration that hasn't been political or about control.  Be careful what you celebrate and wish for on this one.  P.S.  The vox is right up there with Salon for liberal propaganda and a serious lack of intellectual honesty.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: mirth on November 18, 2014, 12:45:48 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on November 10, 2014, 06:22:52 PM
I'd rather see it in private hands but regulated as neutral.

That's exactly what is being called for. The government isn't taking over the internet from the telecoms. It is regulating a private industry that has gone essentially unregulated.

This isn't a government take over of the internet. That's the kind of bullshit the big telecoms want to scare people with. You guys should know better.

And you do recall how the internet got started? Through government funded research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET#Creation
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 18, 2014, 12:55:44 PM
Quote from: mirth on November 18, 2014, 12:45:48 PM
And you do recall how the internet got started? Through government funded research.

Nonsense! It was the pr0n industry.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: mirth on November 18, 2014, 01:06:28 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on November 18, 2014, 12:55:44 PM
Quote from: mirth on November 18, 2014, 12:45:48 PM
And you do recall how the internet got started? Through government funded research.

Nonsense! It was the pr0n industry.

That was the driver of growth.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 18, 2014, 01:11:58 PM
Quote from: mirth on November 18, 2014, 01:06:28 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on November 18, 2014, 12:55:44 PM
Quote from: mirth on November 18, 2014, 12:45:48 PM
And you do recall how the internet got started? Through government funded research.

Nonsense! It was the pr0n industry.

That was the driver of growth.

Not to mention in the Aveeno and toilet paper/Kleenex industries.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: mirth on November 18, 2014, 01:30:01 PM
That's some real synergy.
Title: Re: Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
Post by: Nefaro on November 18, 2014, 07:32:21 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on November 10, 2014, 06:22:52 PM
Quote from: Martok on November 10, 2014, 03:14:29 PM
Yeah, for once I'm in complete agreement with the President.  :o

I'm not so sure.

I'd rather see it in private hands but regulated as neutral.

Giving it all to the government is an invitation for abuse. I mean worse than it is already.


Yep.  Double-edged sword, a move like this would be.

We need net neutrality.  But giving a single gov't entity sole power over the whole thing could have bad consequences too.