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Will the FCC Regulate the Net?
Lam1969 writes "Computerworld's Robert Mitchell wonders if the FCC could one day have regulatory power over the Internet. The causes? As telephone calls are increasingly delivered as an IP service, and traditional telephony fades away, traditional telephone companies are demanding a level regulatory regimen for all service providers. From the article: "Assuming that the FCC buys arguments such as this, we could see a new regulatory focus on the Internet and a decline in the hands-off attitude shown in the past. From the regulators' viewpoint, the Internet increasingly may be viewed as just another utility that requires oversight.""
I didn't vote for anybody in the US government.
Hahaha, my friend. Neither did we!
Score:-1, Flamebait
Amen.
Ahhh, the last gasps of a outdated and useless bureaucracy trying to justify its existence. There are many congressmen who want to eliminate the FCC altogether. The main ones trying to keep it alive just want it as a censorship organization.
Regulating the internet is like trying to regulate the sun.
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. - Edward R. Murrow
I thought that the fact that geeks were revolting is part of there dependance on porn???
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
If anyone should rule the internet in my opinon it should a U.N. body but I like the internet just the way it is right now!
Yes! Let's give the most corrupt organization on Earth dominion over the most powerful means of communications on Earth.
Sorry my bullshit sensor overloaded.
Poll: Who here wants the internet to be regulated?
*crickets*
*hooting owl*
*tree frogs chirping*
*leaves rustling in the wind*
*lone howling wolf in the far-off distance*
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
The 'regulatable' bit is set. It's right next to the evil bit.
Another one bites the dust
We may have to switch to satellite porn.
We may have to switch to satellite porn.
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Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
"Can you really say that a rich guy would want to spend tens of thousand of dollars per hour in broadcasting goatse?"
Ever the capitalist, he would be that rich because people would pay him not to broadcast.
Finally, a use for the evil bit!
Oh yeah, get the government involved, THAT'LL make it better.
So you are basically advocating the idea that people who do not own anything should be treated as some kind of second class citizens?