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FCC Commissioner Urges, Don't Regulate the Internet

Posted by kdawson on from the horse-halfway-out-of-the-barn dept.

Brett Glass writes "In an op-ed in today's Washington Post, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell makes a case against government regulation of the Internet, opining that 'engineers, not politicians or bureaucrats, should solve engineering problems.' With state governments pressuring ISPs to pull the plug on Usenet, and a proposal now in play for a censored public Internet, McDowell may have a very good point." McDowell is one of the two FCC commissioners who did not vote with the majority to punish Comcast for their BitTorrent throttling.

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  1. Re:Cinas "Golden shield" now copied in USA and Swe by viking80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What do yo mean by "illegal"?
    I believe "illegal" is a term used in criminal law, and referring to things like illegal drugs.

    Or are you referring to work under copyright or products that are not "Genuine" as in Microsoft "Genuine" products?

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  2. Re:McDowell gets it! by Brett+Glass · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have you stopped beating your wife yet? Troll.

  3. Re:Translation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bloody hell I am sick of the 3 people who whinge constantly about twitter, give it a rest-some of us couldnt give a damn!