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Congressmen Send Letters, Hope For Net Neutrality Fades

Posted by kdawson on from the making-sausage dept.

The odds of the FCC implementing net-neutrality rules just got much longer. "A bipartisan group of politicians on Monday told FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in no uncertain terms, to abandon his plans to impose controversial new rules on broadband providers until the US Congress changes the law. Seventy-four House Democrats sent Genachowski ... a letter saying his ideas will 'jeopardize jobs' and 'should not be done without additional direction from Congress.' A separate letter from 37 Senate Republicans, also sent Monday, was more pointed. It accused Genachowski of pushing 'heavy-handed 19th century regulations' that are 'inconceivable' as well as illegal. ... [U]nless something unexpected happens, the fight over Net neutrality will shift a few blocks down Independence Avenue from the FCC to Capitol Hill. (In an editorial Monday, The Washington Post called for just that.)"

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  1. Re:I care more about this than net neutrality by Narcocide · · Score: 4, Funny

    It left, you just missed it.

  2. Obligatory by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    It accused Genachowski of pushing 'heavy-handed 19th century regulations' that are 'inconceivable'

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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  3. Re:Jobs? I'll tell you what jobs... by pclminion · · Score: 5, Funny

    corpocleptocractic

    Government by body-snatchers?

  4. Re:what jobs? by EdIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look at all these little things! So busy now! Notice how each one is useful. A lovely ballet ensues, so full of form and color. Now, think about all those people that created them. Technicians, engineers, hundreds of people, who will be able to feed their children tonight, so those children can grow up big and strong and have little teeny children of their own, and so on and so forth. Thus, adding to the great chain of life.

    You're a monster Shakrai, but you already knew that didn't you?

  5. Re:I care more about this than net neutrality by biryokumaru · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought that was Sarah Palin's thing. Wasn't she supposed to be a Washington Outsider? Too bad we ended up with another corrupt, game-playing politician instead.

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  6. Re:Jobs? I'll tell you what jobs... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I think it should be coproclepticratic... Government via the uncontrolled theft of people's shit.

  7. Re:Obvious. by biryokumaru · · Score: 5, Funny

    American democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner, and then they eat one of the wolves because the sheep has better lobbyists.

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