It�s Official � The FCC Will Vote to Take Over the Internet in December

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Thu Dec 23 23:08:03 GMT 2010


On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:40:22AM +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:25 PM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> > I have been setting back really enjoying this thread. About a year ago I
> > brought up a thread in Sounder that the FCC was going to stick it's nose
> > in and finally take over the Internet. It started a firestorm of posts,
> > cursing, name calling and some complaints by Europeans and citizens of
> > other countries that I should shut up because I had introduced a local
> > political argument.  I think we finally just dropped the thread to save
> > the peace.  I am glad to see it's back. I do think the users of the net
> > should really discuss this as we are the ones largely effected. I worry
> > that it will lead to more and more censorship and control.  They control
> > the airwaves to the point where they now belong to the Worlds
> > governments.  It won't take long before the internet is just another
> > Governemnt controlled comunication system.
> 
> Wait, wait. How is the FCC making sure that providers don't start 
> charging based on packet origin/destination (that's net neutrality I 
> take it - if the FCC has other stuff hidden in it then yeah, that's a 
> completely different ball game/beast - are there?) equal to government 
> control? If there are no government controls except ensuring that ISPs 
> don't get to filter traffic on whim, please stop spreading FUD.

The OP is a well known right wing zealot. You won't make a dent in his
mind set.

> 
> 
> 
> >       I sail my own boat and have made several ocean crossings alone.  I
> > am sure no one here knows but the world has joined and made that illegal
> > activity.  I did not post this to be off topic but instead to show what
> > will almost surly happen to the Internet if we users do not fight
> > government intervention.
> 
> Sorry, until there is a world government, you bet that you cannot just 
> sail from any point to just any point in the world.

Did you mean "can" or "cannot"? Seems to me it should be "can".

> 
> 
> >       The Internet is a thorn in the sides of Government world wide,
> > because they don't control what we users are able to say.  I don't think
> > they really care if Comcast or some other provider has a monopoly or
> > not.                          Doug
> 
> And where does this net neutrality thing amount to censorship?
> 
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