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Senate Democrats to Force Vote on Net Neutrality on May 9th

posted by takyon on Friday May 04 2018, @01:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the resolve-to-disapprove dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Senate Democrats plan to force vote on net neutrality May 9th

Democrats in Congress have been against the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules from the beginning. They've had the signatures in favor of restoring the rules since January, along with a companion House bill (with 80 co-sponsors). Senator Edward J. Markey also introduced a formal Congressional Review Act "resolution of disapproval" in February. Now, Markey tweeted that Democrats will force a floor vote restore the rules on May 9th.

Also at The Verge and Tom's Hardware.

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  • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @08:20PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @08:20PM (#675833)

    The whole "net neutrality" thing is a mess. The actual legal issue is that our law forces the FCC to classify the internet as being either:

    a. something like a telegraph (people pay to send text messages to specific other people)

    b. something like a stock ticker (wire runs from stock exchange to stock broker, causing a device to print on paper strips)

    Well, there are other options, but those are even more absurd. We could classify it like a radio station.

    All of this is broken!!! The internet is none of these things.

    One way, we get "net neutrality" but also a framework for censorship. The other way, we don't get either. Both choices are crummy.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 04 2018, @11:24PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday May 04 2018, @11:24PM (#675906) Journal

    a. something like a telegraph (people pay to send text messages to specific other people)
    b. something like a stock ticker (wire runs from stock exchange to stock broker, causing a device to print on paper strips)

    So (a) is two-way communication amongst a bunch endpoints. (a telecommunications service)
    And (b) is one-way communication like a broadcast (an information service)

    One of those sounds an awful lot more like the internet!

    Guess which definition is going to be used in the future...