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Thursday, July 23, 2009

"Net neutrality" gets white hot as FCC drafts broadband plan - Ars Technica

"Net neutrality" gets white hot as FCC drafts broadband plan - Ars Technica: "'Net neutrality' gets white hot as FCC drafts broadband plan

Net neutrality has largely died down as an issue in Congress, but the war over the idea has resumed at the FCC as the agency drafts its national broadband plan. Is it just a new 'price control' or a precious part of the 'public interest'?"
"Net neutrality" gets white hot as FCC drafts broadband plan

The downside to opening up the US broadband plan to "public comment" is that, sooner or later, you're actually going to get some. The FCC's docket on this issue is stuffed with comments from individuals, most of which appear to be verbatim copies of a form letter, with the rest consisting of items like this:

One of the human current "owners" of the United States of America, I am outraged that Government regulatory agencies, including the FCC, continue to transfer OUR control of OUR airwaves and OUR communication over to for-profit corporations. If you don't start listening to the PEOPLE and OUR wants, rather than to special interests, soon there wont be an FCC. Its not your agency...its OURS, and you will run it OUR way, or else!

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