point to point connectivity with no bias based on origin or destination. Just like our phone calls go thru no matter who we call or we is calling us, that is how our internet should work. It is very clear. Unless someone takes it upon themselves to muddy the waters.
The abovie summary conflates the FCC process with Congress. The ammendment to HR 5016 would have cut funding to the FCC, with an eye to making it impossible to enforce regulations. It seems the amendment was defeated. Late the morning Save the Internet and similar groups sent out email alerts, and that seems to have done the trick, at least for this vote. We need the FCC to reclassify ISP's as common carriers and Congress to refrain from obstructing the FCC.
fee on every transaction. Really, the greed of banksters is enough to make a mobster blush. However, going cashless would make the church rumple sale impossible. Once that aspect of the matter is made clear to politicians that will be the end of this dicussion.
The cards are stacked against us, but if enough people ask them to reclassify Internet broadband as common carriers the FCC will cave and do the right thing.
Early indications are that it will be an Animal Farm sort of net neutrality, with some nets more neutral than others. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler promised recently that his agency “will not allow some companies to force Internet users into a slow lane so that others with special privileges can have superior service.” But the rule seems likely to allow ISPs to cut deals with content companies to ensure that their packets get delivered smoothly — as Netflix reluctantly agreed to with Comcast in February and Verizon last week. Which by definition means they’re in a faster lane than others, doesn’t it?
Keep the pressure up, we can still win this thing.
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until the the ISP's began to deliberately throttle services it worked very well.
clearly the money is nervous, or they would not have gone running to congress.
point to point connectivity with no bias based on origin or destination. Just like our phone calls go thru no matter who we call or we is calling us, that is how our internet should work. It is very clear. Unless someone takes it upon themselves to muddy the waters.
The abovie summary conflates the FCC process with Congress. The ammendment to HR 5016 would have cut funding to the FCC, with an eye to making it impossible to enforce regulations. It seems the amendment was defeated. Late the morning Save the Internet and similar groups sent out email alerts, and that seems to have done the trick, at least for this vote. We need the FCC to reclassify ISP's as common carriers and Congress to refrain from obstructing the FCC.
on the House of Reppresentatives website.
don't understand why this is not more widely understood.
but being a plumber or AC repair can't be shipped overseas.
seems like a good candidate for a budget cut
As was said above, the more comments there are, the more difficult it will be to ignore them. Every now and then we win one. Let us at least try.
for those who might be interested in a sample comment, my comment to the FCC.
fee on every transaction. Really, the greed of banksters is enough to make a mobster blush. However, going cashless would make the church rumple sale impossible. Once that aspect of the matter is made clear to politicians that will be the end of this dicussion.
but increasingly I think he is correct, living in freedom means using free and open software.
functioning health care system. HR 676, Medicare for All
but your credit history, Hospitals Are Mining Patients' Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick
Surely it would have their place to make the arrest.
which passed a law specifying under what circumstances a citizen might shoot a police officer.
excellent point, all comments to the FCC are part of the public record.
The cards are stacked against us, but if enough people ask them to reclassify Internet broadband as common carriers the FCC will cave and do the right thing.
There are plenty of emergent parties. There is Socialist Alernative in Seattle, Mountain Party of West Virginia, Vermont Progressive Party, Independent Party of Connecticut, the DC Statehod/Green Party, and most states have a chapter of the Green Party. Vote for one of their candidates.
of why school board elections are important. don't let this happen in your jurisdiction.
There is a White House petition to remove Wheeler
we have not won, but we can if we keep up the pressure on the FCC.
Keep the pressure up, we can still win this thing.
have a nice day.
for my profession (public relations) is that if you don't have a mobile strategy, you don't have a communications strategy at all.