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FCC To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-voice-on dept.

GovTechGuy writes "The FCC just released its tentative agenda for the December 21st open meeting, where the Commission will vote on whether to adopt rules to preserve net neutrality. According to the agenda the FCC will consider 'adopting basic rules of the road to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition, and free expression.' House Republicans have already promised to oppose any solution put forth by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski."

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  1. why havsn't Obama called out the republicans yet by vxice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is one of my major problems with our president. He barely calls out republicans for stuff like "House Republicans have already promised to oppose any solution put forth by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski." They are not looking at the issues they are rejecting it without looking at it. Not that dems have never ever done this but Obama ran on a platform of ending this kind of thing and only seems to bend over backwards continuing to let republicans to run him over.

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    every anarchist is a baffled dictator. Benito_Mussolini
  2. Re:There it goes. by commodore64_love · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Instead of fighting Republicans, the FCC should just re-designate the internet lines as "phone lines" and apply existing common carrier rules.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  3. Re:There it goes. by haapi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You have it backwards. Nobody is imposing fees on ISPs. Net Neutrality is to protect ISPs from imposing fees on content providers.

    Cue gangster voice:

    "Nice content you have here.. Would be a shame should anything untoward happen to it during delivery over our networks."

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    Well, apparently, you only have to fool the majority of people for a little while.
  4. Re:Comcast's overreach might help the cause by Richard_at_work · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except that Slashdot overreacted to that story, in typical Slashdot style - the Comcast-Level3 issue was not net neutrality related, it was a case of Level3 exceeding their already existing peering relationship with Comcast by taking on Netflix CDN traffic (replacing Akamai), and turning down Comcasts offer to include it under the same terms as offered to Akamai.

    It was Level3 trying to position this as a net neutrality story when infact it was a breach of already existing commercial peering arrangements - Level3 expected Comcast to take more traffic than formally agreed to and Comcast said "no".