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Stimulus Bill Contains Net Neutrality Provision

visible.frylock writes "Cnet is reporting that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF), currently in the House Appropriations Committee, contains Net Neutrality provisions: 'The so-called stimulus package hands out billions of dollars in grants for broadband and wireless development, primarily in what are called "unserved" and "underserved" areas. ... The catch is that the federal largesse comes with Net neutrality strings attached. ... recipients must operate broadband and high-speed wireless networks on an "open access basis." The FCC, soon to be under Democratic control, is charged with deciding what that means. Congress didn't see fit to include a definition.' The broadband grants appear to begin in SEC. 3101 (pg. 49) of the PDF."

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  1. FIRST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Re:You and your two party system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. This bill is wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's against God's wishes and anybody who supports it is a communist who is full of baloney, much like this bill.

  7. Re:Open Access by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The question I have for Obama is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single fat colored mammy sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check?

    And as far as Net Neutrality goes, I'm sure B. Hussein Obama doesn't give a rat's ass. For my part, I give Net Neutrality two thumbs up.

  8. Re:feeling better already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't believe in net neutrality, but here's my story:

    I dropped a brown rope this morning the size of a small black child. At one point, I wasn't sure if I was taking a shit, or it the shit was taking me. And while I'm on that point, what's the deal with taking a shit? Shouldn't it be leaving a shit? I'm certainly not taking anything with me when I'm done.

    But back on topic, net neutrality sucks ass

  9. Fairs Fair by Thomas+Charron · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, it would make sense.. "We're going to give incentive for new net access, go ahead and screw any web site shmoe who doesn't have enough to pay for premium access"...

    I mean, what do you think this is, the banking or finance industry?

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  12. Re:Open Access by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe ignorant hicks like you can just bury your heads in the sand, the rest of us will revitalize this country, it's economy and its promises to future generations. We'll be more than happy to leave people like you behind.

  13. Re:Open Access by Republican+Gun · · Score: -1, Troll

    The future generations you speak of are already in debt to the Chinese government to the tune of %25 of the US Debt. Your Obama Economy is just promises like you said. The reason someone like Ross Perot lost a Presidential election is because he told the truth. He said NAFTA(a treaty; so it is not subject to the Supreme Court) would be a great sucking sound of all the jobs leaving the US. Fast forward to today where a man used lies and promises to get elected you get what is now the United 'Redlined' States of America. No good jewish bank will lend to a black man or his country.

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  14. Here's a hint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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  15. Re:Eh.. by Shakrai · · Score: 0, Troll

    Jobs like this are pretty much what governments are for. if we wouldn't have had the rural electric and water provisions in the 19030's we would still have rural folks reading by candle light and crapping in outhouses. There is NO way a corporation is going to spend the major expense of running fiber to rural areas, simply because it would never bring them a return on investment. So if we want to see nationwide broadband we pretty much HAVE to get the government in on it. Now once those lines are done and we have most of the country blanketed in fiber, THEN we should lease the lines to multiple competitors to break up the natural monopolies

    So your business plan can be boiled down to:

    1) Use the power of the state to force big evil telco to run fiber to rural areas that they can't profitably serve
    2) Once fiber is laid use the power of the state to force big evil telco to lease those lines to competitors that didn't make the initial investment from step #1 for whatever reason (guess they bought off the right Congressman if they weren't obligated to build out to those areas like big evil telco was)
    3) ???
    4) Profit!

    I realize the problem that you are trying to address (rural areas being undeserved by utility companies) but it seems to be quite a contradiction to force them to build out to those areas and then force them to let competitors use their lines.

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