http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/Agreed. ]]>May 5th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
You kinda jumped to a conclusion there.

I never said I supported the FCC, and I think they're completely ridiculous with television censorship. I support net neutrality, however. I was simply stating my belief that information should be free for everyone without discrimination.]]>May 5th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/Theoretically common carrier status should exempt ISPs from some onerous demands; I remember they were fighting for this status back in the days of the Communications Decency Act.
I'm pretty mixed, I hate government regulation, but cable and telcos have defacto monopolies on their respective pipes, barriers to entry are high, and competition ain't doin' shit to give us better service.]]>May 5th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
...Regulations make it hard to string together every house in a city? Ummmm.....no. The fact is, the internet companies built themselves off of the backbone provided by the government. The cost of entry is high because there are only so many ways of stringing locations together using the same infrastructure.]]>May 5th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
Data->Information->Knowledge

Take a step back and make it "Data must be free." :) :)]]>May 5th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/Agreed on all points. Upranked.]]>May 5th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
also false information? and manipulative information?


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Yep. If information is false, then it will be seen as false. If information is manipulative....well we all have free wills, don't we?]]>May 5th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
Haha yeah I guess. But where is he being held? The Romulan Neutral Zone? One of the Borg's ships?

Maximum warp ahead!]]>May 5th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
LAWL]]>May 5th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
The FCC will fail in their attempt to takeover private industry. The Supreme Court has ruled. Any FCC tricks will no work. Obama and his administration attempts at socialism will fail. And if not, we will turn in to Greece in a few years.

If you don't like your carrier, then find a new one. If you don't want to pay for usage, then too bad. All the FCC will do is make service worse in the long run. Those who disagree are also sitting in the parents basement letting their mom and dad pay the bills.]]>May 5th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
Its not a matter of "not wanting to pay for what we use". Its a matter of wanting our traffic to not be inspected, and slowed down because we decided to use Skype instead of paying for Comcast's phone service, or because we decided to use Netflix instead of Time Warner's cable TV service. ]]>May 5th 2010 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/Amendment 28: Freedom of the Internet]]>May 5th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
Do you here how stupid it sounds when you talk about YOU having rights to someone else's property?

There are plenty of towns with tens of ISPs. All the FCC is going to do is add another 14 dollars of taxes to your internet like they do to your phone bill.

I always laugh at how stupid people can be by turning to the government to "save" them. Then all they really get is even higher bills that give the government more of your money and you get nothing back in return..]]>May 5th 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 6th 2010 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 6th 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://j.mp/googlee-isp

They can try to give threats, lawsuit charges, criminal offense.. But Alas, they won't win.. ]]>May 6th 2010 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 6th 2010 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/Please explain exactly who competes with Comcast when those assholes control the infrastructure the data goes through, and have a monopoly on their respective areas of service...?

Please, go ahead. I'm all ears... err, eyes .]]>May 6th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 6th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
better service; that's all I want, for the same price!]]>May 7th 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/]]>May 5th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/I hope you don't think that this would lead to more censorship than allowing the internet providers to do whatever they wanted with bandwidth throttling and playing favorites.]]>May 5th 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
I am not saying a Great Firewall of China, but, I do think Internet Police at some point will be necessary. The modern evils will call for it: child pornography, identity theft, fraud, hacking, etc. (these have been around for quiet some time, but now, their impact is greater and they are growing fast)]]>May 5th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
So many choices. Either I can have the chance of censorship, or I can pay exorbitant prices for an internet that gets throttled every time I download something.

I'll risk it and get the government on my side.]]>May 5th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/Well, when you can provide a single example of Internet censorship done by the government, you might have a point.]]>May 5th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
Not sure why you're being down ranked but this is 100% true and is the main reason why the FCC is pushing so hard on the subject, they add exceptions for various businesses that give them money (RIAA/MPAA mainly.) This will make it so if they wanted to they could sensor it just like TV and Radio and this isn't a good idea unless you like your internet homogenized and government approved.

Net Neutrality is a misnomer, it takes control from the masses (anarchy is as neutral and as free as you can get) and gives it to a few corporations that have the most lobbyists. Traffic throttling isn't even an issue because most companies that have done it stopped due to complaints. This law also wouldn't stop throttling but would allow government to mandate throttling if they wanted (when you had over control they can do anything.)

Rather than fix the real issue (anti-competition laws) we must pass a law to hand control of the internet to the FCC. Anyone that falls for this bullshit is blinded more by laws that sound nice than what's really going on. No child left behind left many behind and the patriot act wasn't patriotic just as net neutrality won't make the net neutral but rather centrally controlled and regulated. Regulations are almost never neutral because they mostly hurt those without lobbyists and last I checked the telecoms have a shit ton of those.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100114/0752067755.shtml]]>May 5th 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/Hah! Silly Americans and their planned censorship. Us Australians don't have to put up with all this b******t.]]>May 6th 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 6th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/lol at you thinking this is even remotely socialism.]]>May 5th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/May 5th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
I haz worked for Chinese cheezeberger. ]]>May 5th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/
You should take some notes from the Great White North eh!]]>May 5th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/fcc-to-re-regulate-internet-in-order-to-enforce-net-neutrality/You didn't read my post did you? I said: "I has".]]>May 5th 2010 6:34PM