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November 12, 2014
Obama pushes FCC to turn broadband Internet into a public utility with revised 'net neutrality' rules as Republicans claim it's 'Obamacare for the Internet'
Obama pushes FCC to turn broadband Internet into a public utility with revised 'net neutrality' rules as Republicans claim it's 'Obamacare for the Internet'
Senator Ted Cruz: 'The Internet should not operate at the speed of government.'The biggest regulatory threat to the Internet is "net neutrality."In short, net neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet. It puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service, and what types of products and services can be delivered, leading to fewer choices, fewer opportunities, and higher prices for consumers.The Internet should not operate at the speed of government
Obama announcement was videotaped before his trip to China but released as he was in bed in Beijing
Barack Obama sided with open-Internet activists on Monday, urging the Federal Communications Commission to draft new rules that would reclassify the broadband net to regulate it more like a public utility.
The end result would tie the hands of Internet service providers that want to cut special deals with services like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and Amazon to push their streaming content along a 'fast lane' that ordinary Americans can't access.
The FCC has been working on the new rule for seven months, and has received nearly 4 million comments from the public.
Its first attempt at a 'net neutrality' rule met with the judicial axe in January with a federal court sided with Verizon and ruled that the government agency lacks the legal authority to control how Internet companies set their prices.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
More and more government in our lives and all because of the POS Obama.
Posted by Wild Thing at November 12, 2014 12:47 AM
Comments
If the Internet becomes a public utility, then it will come under more Federal control.
Posted by: BobF at November 12, 2014 07:05 AM
