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Bill Ready To Ban ISP Caps In the US

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-that'll-happen dept.

xclr8r writes "Eric Massa, a congressman representing a district in western New York, has a bill ready that would start treating Internet providers like a utility and stop the use of caps. Nearby locales have been used as test beds for the new caps, so this may have made the constituents raise the issue with their representative."

2 of 439 comments (clear)

  1. ZOMG by revxul · · Score: 0, Troll

    I CAN TYPE CAPS IF I WANT TO LULZ

    really now...

    ZOMG HEID IN UR BUNKERZ

    hahaha

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  2. Re:Makes sense by falconwolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Consider that ALL other forms of communications (radio, television, telephone) are regulated by federal entities. ISPs have been getting a free pass up to this point.

    One question, where is the power to regulate ISPs given to the federal government by the Constitution of the USA? Or for that matter radio, TV, or telephone?

    Falcon

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