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Other than that, I doubt there'll be a lot of significant change by the time the lobbyists from Verizon, Comcast, et al do what they're paid for.]]>May 24th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
Free unlimited texting, minutes and data for women with more than 3 kids (all different dads) on welfare... HURRAAYYY!!!!!

oh, and all government employees get free cellphone service thanks to non-government employees YAAAYYYYYY!!!!]]>May 24th 2010 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
@LANjackal

Let's hope to get some general 'Rent A Movie' online store. Or Store for set up boxes! Giving you the choice to select the movie you want to see and then ask you where you want to rent it from: Amazon , ZuneStore, iTunes , Cable Company giving the different prices and quality they are available.

One store to rule them all !
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*maybe he was referring to something else: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ATM At least that's more believable.]]>May 24th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
Oh God thanks for expressing what everyone was thinking! More competition means giving cellphones away to poor people!

I'll take a rain check on your level of dementia for a day when Glenn Beck is president, thanks.
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Competition is a fundamental aspect of capitalism. The million dollar question is why does the same party that beats on about capitalism never stand behind capitalistic measures? Like competition. They have no problem with one cable company or crapmart dominating a market.

Interestingly enough, there is much better competition in France than there is here. ]]>May 24th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
Now THAT would be democracy at work wouldn't it! A few loudmouth socialists telling everyone else how they can spend everyone else's money! :/]]>May 24th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
and politicians doing something that make sense? i never thought i'd see the day. hopefully they don't cave to the corporate lobbyists.]]>May 24th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
The point of net neutrality isn't us getting something for nothing. Its that we want what we pay for. And if we pay for unlimited high speed internet, I want just that. Whether I'm torrenting, downloading porn, or trying to get cheat codes for the latest Grand Theft Auto, I should be able to get the information I want WITHOUT my ISP throttling my connection or otherwise forbidding it.]]>May 24th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
You obviously dont remember the Dblock of the last spectrum auction... the one that offered low income households free wireless internet?

I dont blame you, communists don't have a longterm memory]]>May 24th 2010 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
That is EXACTLY what Congressional committee hearings are for!

I'm a government teacher, and one of the purposes of committee hearings is to give the public the chance to speak. We are not allowed on the floor of the House or Senate, but we can put our opinions into the Congressional Record via committee testimony.

The House Subcommittee on Communication, Technology, and the Internet is chaired by Rep. Rick Boucher of Virginia, http://www.boucher.house.gov/

The similar Senate committee is chaired by Sen. John Kerry.

These are people to keep in touch with to schedule time to testify.

]]>May 24th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
Watch out for the RIAA and MPAA trying to poke their DRM proboscises into this.
]]>May 24th 2010 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
if it ever gets that far, please do. U are a very intelligent man, and stand as a pillar for the rest of us. Is there anything the average person can do to help the cause? ]]>May 25th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://j.mp/googlee-isp]]>May 25th 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 25th 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 25th 2010 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
really? last I checked every time the government has made a life changing decision for its people, only the tax payers lost.

Look at the bailout- we now have a 10%+ unemployment rate.
Look at the USPS- one of the most utilized "companies" in the world and has not posted a profit EVER!!!
Healthcare?- unless you are part of the lowest 10% earners you dont qualify for the US's government healthcare (Obama said it not me)

]]>May 24th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
shut up you idiot]]>May 24th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/Just an FYI, a quick google search shows that the post office has made profit quite often.

http://multichannelmerchant.com/news/USPS_profit_120705/]]>May 24th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
Okay so you do not like government monopolies but enjoy private ones. Spoken like a true Tea Party/ Libertarian.

What may with your mindset fail to grasp is that in most other countries, the citizen comes before profit. You know: 'We the People'. Which means, competition first. ]]>May 24th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
"Look at the bailout- we now have a 10%+ unemployment rate"

And just imagine what it would have been without the bailouts. Remember, companies like AIG don't just employ their employees. They also have numerous businesses that rely on them to stay in business.

Same thing with the LOANS that were given to GM. Imagine if part suppliers who's number one customer was the GM factories. The dealerships who are exclusively GM dealerships. All those people suddenly without a job.

Had the loans not been given, I'll bet you ten to one the same people compaining about a "waste of money" would be complaining about how the government didn't do anything while these companies failed.

Don't get me wrong, these companies should never have been in this situation. They should have been able to recognize they were in problematic times and take action themselves. But what else was the government to do?]]>May 24th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/If you had any idea what you were talking about, you wouldn't immediately take an extreme right position on the matter. That's what I hate about people like you. "They didn't handle this well, they can't handke that well either." Guess what? Nothing you said has anything to do with net neutrality. Net neutrality will effectively cist cobsumers LESS if anything, not MORE. so seriously, cram yiur biased right wing garbage already. YOU'D be better off with net neutrality, regardless of what gdf'n health care you have.

I mean, SHIT.]]>May 25th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
How'd "the people" work out in Russia anyway?]]>May 25th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
The only people who like it are the file sharing programs. ]]>May 24th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
Without net neutrality your ISP can discriminate packets. AKA they can say "hey you didnt pay for access to that website, or that service, so we are going to block it"

Please read before you post.]]>May 24th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/

Keep railing against that you monster.]]>May 24th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
This is what ISP's want to do.]]>May 24th 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/04/14/study-net-neutrality-to-curb-innovation-investment-and-curtail-consumer-welfare/]]>May 24th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/Dear desmo,

I'll say what everyone else is thinking. All government interaction is not bad. The free market doesn't always work. It's time that cell companies are separated from their parent communications companies and all cell companies pay a similar rate for access to communication networks. I'm sick of one company raising this fee or that and then the rest following suit. I'm sick of $80 plans when in Europe a similar plan is half the cost. If we need government intervention to actually get reasonable prices, I'm all for it.]]>May 24th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
Government intervention is what created the mess in the first place. Further government intervention (the Democrats and most Republican's plan) will only make things worse. The idea that the free market doesn't always work is a myth based on conflating government regulated markets with a true free market. The telecom monopolies exist BECAUSE OF government regulation, not because of the any absence of regulation.

The good news is a lot of incumbents of both parties are getting swept away in the primaries so far and it is shaping up to be a good year for the fiercely anti-government Tea Party movement. If enough of them get elected in November they can throw a wrench in to government's attempted takeover of the net. ]]>May 25th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
The government developed the internet.

The government subsidies the internet.

The government wants to make sure that company don't rake consumers over the coals by turning the internet into cable TV.

If you are against net neutrality you are an enemy of the internet.]]>May 24th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/
You see, a free-market these days is pretty much a fairy tale. Corporations have bought legislation that helps them make a buck and squeezes out the little guy.

We need more, smaller companies that actually have to compete. The airwaves don't belong to the companies, they belong to everyone, and we need someone to make sure it stays that way.

Free market idealism works great in a world where there is no such thing as collusion, price fixing... essentially when you eliminate greed and replace it with pure altruism.]]>May 24th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/May 24th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/congress-investigating-general-revamp-of-telecommuncations-law/

aka you.

Read a book on how things work and why our current system of net neutrality is something to fight for.]]>May 24th 2010 6:32PM