Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
In February 2015, the FCC's then-Democratic leadership led by Chairman Tom Wheeler classified broadband as "telecommunications," superseding the previous treatment of broadband as a less heavily regulated "information service." This was crucial in the rulemaking process because telecommunications providers are regulated as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act, the authority used by the FCC to impose bans on blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization.
Thus, when the FCC's new Republican majority voted on May 18 to start the process of eliminating the current net neutrality rules, the commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) also proposed redefining broadband as an information service once again.
To make sure the net neutrality rollback survives court challenges, newly appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai must justify his decision to redefine broadband less than three years after the previous change. He argues that broadband isn't telecommunications because it isn't just a simple pipe to the Internet. Broadband is an information service because ISPs give customers the ability to visit social media websites, post blogs, read newspaper websites, and use search engines to find information, the FCC's new proposal states. Even if the ISPs don't host any of those websites themselves, broadband is still an information service under Pai's definition because Internet access allows consumers to reach those websites.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:32PM (1 child)
You don't really understand what the fallacy of appeal to authority actually is, do you?
This isn't about believing something because somebody said to believe it.
This is about fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice shame on you.
Buzzard has fooled people here dozens of times. He cites sources that are anti-authorities - proven liars.
How many times are you going to let him lie to your face and still trust him?
Especially since he's outright said his goal is to lie to your face.
As for the rest of your post? L O L
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @06:34PM
cue: Fascist defense that all news sources are equally anti-authorities.