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Net Neutrality Suffers Major Setback
RingDev writes "The US Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Comcast today, stating that the FCC lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks."
That's not a valid question to a nannystater. You never question the nanny, you just obey.
Any new competitor needs to gain right-of-way to the homes, install cable/fiber, etc.--it's not worth it.
So I assume you've done a business study to conclude that it's "not worth it" across the entire United States to start up your own ISP?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
You also don't have that option with ISPs.
Wherever did you get that idea? Of course you have the option of not buying their services. No one is going to garnish your wages or throw you in prison for not buying Internet service from a local ISP. You don't even have to go without: you can bypass the ISPs entirely by purchasing transit from a higher-level provider, form your own ISP, or subscribe to dial-up, terrestrial wireless, or satellite Internet service.
Even if your only choices were DSL, cable, or no Internet at all, however, that's still far more of an option than you'll get from the government. They only give you one choice: pay up.
"The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else." - Bastiat
Wow. If you are really dumb enough to think that is what he means, then please seek professional help.
"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything."
>>>So you are saying.....
STRAWMAN ARGUMENT. No I did not say that. Don't put words into my mouth. It's rude and a flawed basis for debate.
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>>>Nope. Why? [Because your antenna broadcast crosses state lines.]
Fixed that for ya. When signals cross state lines, then the U.S. has jurisdiction. But since Comcast of Baltimore (for example) doesn't have any signals crossing state lines, it is not subject to the National government. The jurisdiction belongs to the Maryland government.
This is identical to how the European Union operates - the member state governments do the regulating of ISPs. The central EU government has no such power. Likewise the central US government has no power over Baltimore Comcast.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
What's the deal with the monospaced font, asshole? Why would you deliberately make your text less readable?
... and then they built the supercollider.
>>>It was a Constitutional question.
It turned Farmers into serfs, who were unable to grow any wheat except with the permission of the Masters..... oooops I mean the Congressional representatives. In the specific case, the farmer grew approximately 20 acres of wheat to feed his cows, sheep, and chickens. i.e. For his own usage. The Master... I mean Congress told the serf he's only allowed to grow ~10 acres.
Who here thinks this was the original intent of James Madison when he wrote the Constitution? When it was approved by the 13 founding States? To turn farmers into serfs like a feudal state?
Not I.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall