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Trump Appoints Third Net Neutrality Critic To FCC Advisory Team (dslreports.com)
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump appointed two new advisers to his transition team that will oversee his FCC and telecommunications policy agenda. Trump has added a third adviser today who, like the other two advisers, is a staunch opponent of net neutrality regulations. DSLReports adds: The incoming President chose Roslyn Layton, a visiting fellow at the broadband-industry-funded American Enterprise Institute, to help select the new FCC boss and guide the Trump administration on telecom policy. Layton joins Jeffrey Eisenach, a former Verizon consultant and vocal net neutrality critic, and Mark Jamison, a former Sprint lobbyist that has also fought tooth and nail against net neutrality; recently going so far as to argue he doesn't think telecom monopolies exist. Like Eisenach and Jamison, Layton has made a career out of fighting relentlessly against most of the FCC's more consumer-focused efforts, including net neutrality, consumer privacy rules, and increased competition in the residential broadband space. Back in October, Layton posted an article to the AEI blog proclaiming that the FCC's new privacy rules, which give consumers greater control over how their data is collected and sold, were somehow part of a "partisan endgame of corporate favoritism" that weren't necessary and only confused customers. Layton also has made it abundantly clear she supports zero rating, the practice of letting ISPs give their own (or high paying partners') content cap-exemption and therefore a competitive advantage in the market. She has similarly, again like Eisenach and Jamison, supported rolling back the FCC's classification of ISPs as common carriers under Title II, which would kill the existing net neutrality rules and greatly weaken the FCC's ability to protect consumers.
With the sensational leftist tabloid boogeyman headlines and clickbait articles, this isn't the site for me anymore. You've jumped the shark /. kindly go fuckoff and join all the other extremist sites while I go search for tech news that matters.
A conman, racist and misogynist walk into a bar.
Bartender says: "What will it be Mr. Trump"
In before freedom of everything dies!
Since he also appointed a ex-Goldman Sachs executive for the Treasury...
Just because you're too stupid to realize your political favorite wasn't any different doesn't mean that Trump is any different.
Your team lost. Deal with it, and shut the fuck up about who Trump appoints because not a fucking thing matters without the approval of congress, and as the democrats were kind enough to show, you can have a super majority in congress, and your guy in the white house ... and you still can't get a one fucking useful thing done.
You guys actually like your guy/girl would have been so much better, all that means is that YOU personally are too stupid to realize they are both exactly the same.
Oh my bad, slashdot isn't news for nerds, its BaeuHD and the other 'editors' personal blog. Thought you guys were going to fix it ... you just made it another tabloid.
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Every other friggin article is about Trump this, Hillary that; this is like being in hell for us non-americans. Give it up already, I don't even know why I still come here.
"which would kill the existing net neutrality rules and greatly weaken the FCC's ability to protect consumers."
Cool, now ISP's can be sued for copyright violations through their pipes! The most likely outcome will be that EU three-strikes regulations will seem pretty generous after the lobbies get at the bill that fills this regulatory void. My presumed outcome is that ISP's will disable service if a subscriber is accused of being in violation of copyright. The threat of direct law suits are just too high to simply give nominal protection to their customers (a large number of whom actually violate copyright laws daily). Oh, but there's some form of arbitration which makes Youtube's take-down system seem fair and balanced.
Bye!
As an AC, you're not coming here. You don't exist. Your word (and mine) are nonexistent. So feel free to leave, because you already said so 3 times in this thread. (At least you can't prove you didn't, and this is enough for me)
There's nothing sensational, leftist, or tabloidish about this story.
Net neutrality is a frequent topic of discussion on Slashdot. Anything that the President-elect does that could affect it is news for nerds and stuff that matters.
I dunno - it sure seems sensational, leftish, and tabloidish to me.
The left is carping on every slight aspect of everything Trump does, and in a negative tone.
Honestly, we don't know *what* will happen in the future, and even if the absolute worst case imaginable for this specific issue... nothing will change.
As far as I can tell, there's no legislation demanding net neutrality in the US. We have an FCC regulation that's been tied up in court for a year and a half, and meanwhile Comcast is free to degrade Netflix and demand an internet levy on Netflix as a customer.
I further note that Trump has a tendency to be concerned with voter needs as opposed to corporate needs, and wants to build up his brand by being the best president in the last 50 years, and the best of all time if possible. He also has shown a willingness to take actions in contradiction to advice(*).
We don't know what he'll do, but it can't be much worse than what was done under Bush, or under Obama. Which was basically "companies can do what they want, the US government can do what it wants, and screw the needs of the people".
Obama expanded internet surveillance, and spent trillions on unneeded military buildup while letting our own infrastructure decay. It's been that way for years, coming up on decades.
Is appointing a net-neutrality opponent really that sensational?
I suppose if you're a Democrat, it is.
We elected Trump for the actions he will take.
So far, he hasn't really done anything except prevent a bunch of jobs from leaving the US.
(*) Hillary chose to take out Qaddafi in contradiction to advice as well. The advice pointed out that it would lead to the formation of ISIS, but it was her decision to make.
And make them respect the people who haven't entrapped themselves in problems unspoken with their customers.
It seems quite easy. If Verizon employs Jim who is mad at customer Frank for fucking his wife then have verizon account and publish that to all other verizon customers so they are not affected by it. Don't allow them to team up and rip of people who don't care about problems people choose to ignore.
It is real simple, sadly if they can't talk about it they end up physically fighting one another. They are truly idiots.
Business should be about only the product and not hidden reasons, otherwise you see how crazy it gets. I think any sane person would help the right ones.
The truth, anything as big as ATT or Verizon cannot be right.
If you don't like stories about American issues spend time on forums in your own country. It's not our fault no-one uses them, it's yours.
Has Trump made any appointments that could even be perceived as being for the good of the general public? Virtually all the ones I've heard of sound like the most obvious form of industry/'conservative" shills possible.
Seriously - I want to hear from an avid trump supporter on how this - as well as his other cabinet appointments is draining the swamp (of special interest lobbyists).
But Slashdot makes money from more eyeballs on the ads, it's in their best interest to post a wider array of articles. If you cared about Slashdot, you'd be more worried about the focus on one small topic of little interest to many.
Nobody understands what this is about. Trump wants the media on their side. Destrying net neutrality comes at a steep price for consumers and citizens, but is very needed by Trump to secure an 8 year legacy.
I won't bother finding the youtube link for you, but go watch the Kahn family on the DNC nomination stage. You are just as guilty of Trumpesque distortion when you imply that Trump's behavior was not partially justified as defensive political reaction. If the Kahn family didn't *want* to provoke a very public response from a presidential candidate, they could have chosen a much less gauntlet-level initiation of their free speech. Trump is horrible. No doubt about that. But the way he wins is to be provocative and get poorly thought out overinflammatory responses from his political opponents to his provocations. What you did there was playing right into his game.
Can't say i'm unhappy about the upcoming shitcanning of Net Neutrality and the corrosive effect it will have on certain companies, however.
The pendulum is swinging hard...you might consider altering your stock portfolio in light of these facts.
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Howard Stern has been in radio for over 3 decades, has dealt with the FCC a lot, never held government position, and is considered to have some common sense. So Howard Stern for FCC board.
There's no maybe about it.
GFY. This is my country. I've been coming here since the 90s, and jesus, but the quality of the commenters sucks now.
The 4chan trolls and rampant Trumpkin morons here mean I check in maybe once a month and don't even bother to log in anymore.
Oh well.
Seriously - I want to hear from an avid trump supporter on how this - as well as his other cabinet appointments is draining the swamp (of special interest lobbyists).
Firstly, this isn't a cabinet appointment.
As to draining the swamp, he's already done this.
Thirdly, he's not in office yet, wait to see what he actually does.
And finally, you always have to ask "compared to what?"
The Democrats have no vision or leadership on this issue, or any other.
Calling Trump bad on his choices is all they have.
I'm generally a Trump supporter, but not a supporter of every position. This is something I totally disagree with him on. People are going to have to get on him about this. He has proven he'll listen on things before. That's actually one of his better qualities, and it's not one I can attribute to our current President or his predecessor.
But he may not listen. Or he may delegate this and not get involved.
There are times, just a few times, that I wish these crony capitalist anti net neutrality types would get everything they want. The copyright maximalists too. Because what they want will stifle innovation and make the net not worth using and their products not worth buying, so people will stop just like they're stopping watching sucky cable tv. Sometimes when people want to shoot themselves in the foot you just have to let them.
Unfortunately that's a gamble that might not work, so we're back to fighting these corporate cretins at every opportunity.
Also, right or wrong, with Trump as President and the Republicans in charge of Congress, they'll either make peoples' lives better or they won't and there's nobody to blame or to hold accountable at the next election but them. Remember, the whole House is up for election in 2 years, and a third of the Senate. Vote. If they make things better, put them back. If they don't, kick them the hell out.
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It will be interesting to see if Drumpf supporters will blame Drumpf when they suddenly have to pay their ISP extra in order to reasonably stream Netflix videos, and more again to watch youtube videos, and more again to listen to spotify...
Somehow I doubt it... they'll just blame the greedy corporations for doing what capitalist corporations do without recognizing the hypocrisy of loudly complaining about capitalists while staunchly supporting capitalism.
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If you didn't vote Hilary you have yourself to blame, I hope whatever satisfaction you get (or whatever economic gains) from a Trump presidency outweigh the value of net neutrality to you.
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Our Telcos try to pull this shit because we let them.
What argument can be made for allowing telcos to treat the traffic differently and dole out monopolies based on that? Is there a twist on this that makes it sound less than fucked up?
What can I do to start dismantling the system? Are there groups of people that spend their free time coming up with solutions to make the telcos irrelevant?
How exactly does logging in make any difference? I mean except to self righteous elitist douchebags like you.
It's doing nothing to stop AT&T from using its network from zero balance it's streaming service and no open access to other streamers. Etc etc
Net Neutrality has nothing to do with deregulation and more about net oversight. Beware of the bogus label...
Kill net neutrality. Kill it with fire. One cannot simultaneously love net neutrality and freedom; they are basically incompatible. Keep your fucking government out of my Internet.
I'm generally a Trump supporter, ...Also, right or wrong, with Trump as President and the Republicans in charge of Congress, they'll either make peoples' lives better or they won't and there's nobody to blame or to hold accountable at the next election but them.
I believe this is why you've heard so little pushback from the Dems. They're playing a game of "so you want more rope?" That's what politics has devolved to.
Remember, the whole House is up for election in 2 years, and a third of the Senate. Vote. If they make things better, put them back. If they don't, kick them the hell out.
I'd really like for at least 2 new parties to show up in 2 years. I'll vote for all of them instead of the current batch of incompetent narcissistic power mongers.
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This article would never have appeared:
Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer From the RIAA
Seems pretty balanced to me.
The US gives the internet back to your local provider in full.
Shaping, slowness, data caps, offers of pay for speed become the norm on many local ISP contracts.
A user in an inner city area then has the option of one or two slow or really expensive ISP plans.
If the users wants media from a server on the other side of the USA or in a fly over state they will have to pay for an extra fast account per month.
Internet brands that have formed monopolies, duopolies or non compete cartels will get exposed as more and more users seek better results.
Gated communities, smaller cities will just build their own local networks and connect to really great regional providers who offer real national peering and don't slow or shape.
Word of their efforts, real speed and local skill will spread.
People will have to build their own fast city networks with total ISP freedom or keep paying for ISP monopolies for speed.
If the US wants a free and fair internet it has a few options:
Pay existing providers for their fast plans and hope they spend on network upgrades this time for real and not just pocket the new payments.
Nationalize the networks per city, town, state and allow any and all providers to be a virtual ISP anywhere in the USA.
Allow any brand to get into the pole and duct side if they build an open, fast network and let all other providers on.
Pay up and hope it will be different this time or build a real network.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
How can he appoint anyone to the FCC since the terms for the FCC positions still have another year before they can be appointed by the president
Or maybe they had nothing too lose and voting for trump was more of a f u to the rest of the nation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/5-reasons-why-trump-will-_b_11156794.html?
It's late at night and I've got insomnia. This is the OP of this thread and you're accusing some AC of being ME who's said they're leaving 3 times now. That just proves how out of touch and incorrect you are. Other people are stepping up and saying they're leaving too. Good for them. It's the same thing Trump told the delusional media and DNC about how the silent majority was listening to HIM and not THEM. Here on /, the silent majority is not so silent anymore compared to the registered liberals who protect each other with mod points like they're a corrupt union. Does it feel good to look back upon this thread and know I motivated so many individuals to not only speak up but challenge the /. establishment? Yes. Since this is my second post after announcing I'm done with this site, consider me 200% done. /meme
Well, looks like Trump voters are about to get what they voted for. Unfortunately the rest of us too.
When you do everything they want, they don't need as many lobbyists.
You drain the swamp by giving a red carpet to the muck.
Or maybe they had nothing too lose and voting for trump was more of a f u to the rest of the nation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...?
Nothing to lose? How about their Medicare? If Obamacare is repealed, the Medicare expansion dies and all those red states populated with lots of new Medicare patients are fucked. See Kentucky, for example.
Most of the harm from ISP misbehavior is the manifestation of one of two perverse-incentive situations:
- integration of an ISP into a content-provider megacorp, leading to penalization of competitors or other perceived threats to the larger content-providing component.
- an under-competitive market situation (monopoly, duopoly, other under-four-competitors) situation, allowing ISPs to provide less than they promised or less than what is expected of "internet service" without a "vote with their feet" option for customers.
Both of these are not internet-technology issues and both are things the FCC handles poorly, and which are outside its mandate. They're better handled by such agencies as the FTC and DOJ, under antitrust and consumer fraud models, than by the FCC.
With respect to the content-provider/ISP vertical integration issue: Trump has already come out opposing the ATT/ Time-Warner merger. Additionally, the mainstream media's pile-on against his campaign has left him with no love for the "content providers". I'd be willing to bet that he'd be all for antitrust action to split up the other ISP ("content transport") / news reporting ("content generation") partnerships under the rubric of "breaking up anticompetitive vertical integration". B-)
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Delusional fuck-wits that have no idea how bad things can get.
Cool, now ISP's can be sued for copyright violations through their pipes! The most likely outcome will be that EU three-strikes regulations will seem pretty generous after the lobbies get at the bill that fills this regulatory void. My presumed outcome is that ISP's will disable service if a subscriber is accused of being in violation of copyright. The threat of direct law suits are just too high to simply give nominal protection to their customers (a large number of whom actually violate copyright laws daily). Oh, but there's some form of arbitration which makes Youtube's take-down system seem fair and balanced.
This will be used to censor most speech the Trump Regi,e, sorry, administration, doesn't like. Censorship through financial ruin.
This is very bad news, particularly now that so many people get their news (fake and otherwise) via the Internet. I'd call this apocalyptic, but that word applies to so many things that are happening that it really seems redundant. It does, however, appear that that is another big nail of many in the coffin of American's freedom of speech, democracy, and rule of law, and another big step in our quest to become the world's most textbook example of a banana republic.
This is real news not this politicized stuff designed to mess with people's emotions. This stuff matters.
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...you fedora tipping, neckbearded, MRA Anonymous 4chan jackholes?
There might be people ignorant enough to think you are serious.
I guess that is to be expected from a trump supporter, but you should realize that most people know better in this place.
Just saying.
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This is OP again, I've decided to change my mind and I'm going to embrace the /. establishment. I'm also going to shove a pineapple up my ass.