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FCC Rules Telcos Need Not Provide Naked DSL

Posted by timothy on from the indecent dept.

Devistater writes "Despite at least four states' laws to the contrary, the FCC has ruled that phone companies need not provide naked DSL service to customers, but can require bundling; for example: Voice and DSL. FCC Commisioners Copps and Adelstein say in dissent 'In this decision, the Commission unwisely flashes the green light for broadband tying arrangements.' 'If it is [ok] to deny consumers DSL if they do not [have] analog voice service, what stops a carrier from denying broadband service to an end-user who has cut the cord and uses only a wireless phone? What prevents a carrier from refusing to provide DSL service to a savvy consumer who wants stand-alone broadband only for VoIP?'"

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  1. no! by frazzydee · · Score: 1, Funny

    damn! they're taking away my pr0n!
    What's next? "FCC Rules Telcos Need Not Provide Naked News"?!

  2. Way to uphold that 10th Amendment by koreth · · Score: 4, Funny
    On March 4, 1789, "Founding Fathers" wrote:
    >The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
    >nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
    >respectively, or to the people.

    Fuck you.

    Sincerely,

    -FCC

  3. Re:Missing The Point by beetlefeet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you even know what rhetorical means? Do I know what rhetorical means?!

  4. Next thing you know, they'll sue a certain aged by melted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Next thing you know, they'll sue a certain aged woman for showing her boob on TV in prime time. What the world is coming to?