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Court Upholds Internet Deregulation

Posted by Zonk on from the getting-dicey-out-here dept.

Internet Voting writes "Big telecom companies seem to have won big with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding FCC's ruling deregulating the Internet. Opponents argued that telecoms could now deny third parties access to their telecommunications lines and eliminating competition. From the story: "In its September 2005 ruling, the FCC relieved telephone companies of decades-old regulations that required them to grant competing Internet service providers 'nondiscriminatory' access to their wirelines in order to reach consumers.""

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  1. I can't wait! by InvisblePinkUnicorn · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey, did you see that video on YouTube today?"

    "No, I can't. My ISP doesn't support that part of the internet."

    "Oh... that sucks... well, I can email you the video."

    "From your Comcast address? No, that won't do. My hardware is not Comcast-enabled."

  2. Thus was born the RadioShack ISP by InvisblePinkUnicorn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Radio Shack will finally have an incentive to start a Universal Adapter ISP that'll bridge the various parts of the internet, which all use slightly-different-sized plugs to transmit data.

  3. thank god for the silver lining by hxnwix · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the end, the free market will win and the internet will stop being free. It's to be expected given that the same thing has already happened in meat space.

    The only thing left to do is to buy stock in the telcos. That way, you can preserve your dignity by claiming that whereas everyone else is merely raped by the telcos, you are actually raping yourself.