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Court Blocks FCC's Attempt To Take a Broadband Subsidy Away From Tribal Areas (bleepingcomputer.com)
Jon Brodkin reports via Ars Technica: The FCC decision, originally slated to take effect later this year, would have made it difficult or impossible for Tribal residents to obtain a $25-per-month Lifeline subsidy that reduces the cost of Internet or phone service for poor people. But on Friday, a court stayed the FCC decision pending appeal, saying that Tribal organizations and small wireless carriers are likely to win their case against the commission. "Petitioners have demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their arguments that the facilities-based and rural areas limitations contained in the Order are arbitrary and capricious," said the stay order issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. "In particular, petitioners contend that the Federal Communications Commission failed to account for a lack of alternative service providers for many tribal customers."
The tribes and small carriers that sued the FCC "have shown a substantial risk that tribal populations will suffer widespread loss of vital telecommunications services absent a stay," the court said. The FCC hasn't proven that its plan won't result in "mass disconnection," the court also said. The court ruling was welcomed by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and Oceti Sakowin Tribal Utility Authority, which are among the groups suing the FCC. Several small carriers and the non-profit National Lifeline Association are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
The tribes and small carriers that sued the FCC "have shown a substantial risk that tribal populations will suffer widespread loss of vital telecommunications services absent a stay," the court said. The FCC hasn't proven that its plan won't result in "mass disconnection," the court also said. The court ruling was welcomed by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and Oceti Sakowin Tribal Utility Authority, which are among the groups suing the FCC. Several small carriers and the non-profit National Lifeline Association are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Is my DAMN balls for you to gargle upon
We no longer have a sense that we the people own or control things.
We do not need to lose a court battle, we need ajit dragged out into the streets hog tied, beaten, stripped, then have a knife slid slowly across his neck. We need to feel like we are in control again, like we have some say in what is right or good for us.
Death to ajit pai, we need his blood to function as a society with law and justice again
We took their country. They least we can do is pay for their fucking broadband.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Impeach every member of U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit NOW.
on the one hand the Republican party really wants to stick it to the poors, especially if they're also colored. Stuff like this is basically fodder for the far right of the base. On the other hand there's corporate subsidies at stake. It's funny to watch the two fight it out until you think about all the completely screwed over people caught in the middle (source: been on the Res, got India friends, and that Casino money hasn't made it all over. Lots of blasted out trailer parks held together by spit and glue).
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Bring on starlink - then none of this will really matter anymore because the infrastructure will be global.
The Internet is a luxury by and for white people. It is a white "thang". It is part of the history and culture of whiteness.
Let the Indians use their own form of communications, the smoke signal. This is part of their culture. Don't diminish their ancient and colorful culture by inflicting our white culture upon them.
I'm pretty sure they're already paying more than $25/mo too much to begin with.
What do you call the useless bit of skin at the base of the penis? Ajit Pai's feet.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Tribes govern themselves, pay no taxes, and actually charge tribal taxes (sometimes higher than US taxes) to any business that is on their land. Yet they still want the benefits from the US government without paying for any of them. They already get the benefit of the army protecting the nation, without the U.S. around 70 years ago their tribal nation would have been taken over again. Their members break any law they want on tribal land because they have basically no law enforcement or jails and the second a tribe member wants to collect welfare that they paid no taxes for they can still get it. Maybe if they didn't use their tax and casino money to simply pay straight cash out to their tribe members then they could afford subsidizing quality programs themselves.
... already supply all the bandwidth needed... for those tribes that have casinos.
Give the rest broadband at no cost.
I've got policy coming out my ears. Medicare for All, College for All, Ending the Wars, New New Deal, etc, etc, etc. I don't want or need race to win elections. Polls show my policy is overwhelmingly popular. Like, 70-80% popular.
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What I need is to get those folks who voted for Trump because of crap like this and folks who wrongly blame the jews for the raw deal the 1%ers handed them to realize who's really pulling the strings and stop voting against their own interests. It's damn hard to do since the 1%ers own the mass media (mega corps bought everything up, re: Sinclair Media).
Ignoring the impact of racism on American politics isn't naive or foolish, it's deceitful. The Republicans do it so they can dog whistle. There's corportists Dems who do it so they can run on something besides economics since they're basically Republicans when it comes to money. You need to call both groups out because they're doing the same damn thing: Using race to distract from a bad economy. Bernie understands that. So does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. That's why they never takes the bait. You shouldn't either. Even when you're trolling on
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I imagine there's no historian around to point out that the Indians much like the blacks played a role in their situation. In the case of Indians fighting among themselves, as well as fighting alongside the white man. In the case of blacks, there were blacks that sold other blacks in their native country. In other words history isn't as clean-cut as us vs them implies.
The Internet is by and for white people. It is part of white culture. It is a white "thang". It is part of the history and culture of whiteness. Indians using the internet is racist cultural appropriation. The internet was invented and built buy white people. Non-whites are not entitled to appropriate our culture.
What's wrong with damn smoke signals "...send more firewater"
Politics aside, I'd like that $25 broadband please ...