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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 10 2019, @04:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-more-fast-lanes dept.

Democrats in the U.S. Congress plan to unveil legislation on Wednesday to reinstate “net neutrality” rules that were repealed by the Trump administration in December 2017, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

Pelosi told lawmakers in a letter that House Democrats, who won control of the chamber in the November 2018 elections, would work with their colleagues in the U.S. Senate to pass the “Save The Internet Act.”

The text of the proposed legislation has not been released.

The Federal Communications Commission repealed the rules that bar providers from blocking or slowing internet content or offering paid “fast lanes.” The repeal was a win for providers like Comcast Corp, AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc, but was opposed by internet companies like Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc.

The Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, voted in May 2018 to reinstate the net neutrality rules, but the House did not take up the issue before Congress adjourned last year.

A U.S. federal appeals court last month held lengthy oral arguments in a legal challenge to the FCC’s decision to repeal the net neutrality rules.

In its 2017 decision, the Republican-led FCC voted 3-2 along party lines to reverse the net neutrality rules. The agency gave providers sweeping power to recast how users access the internet but said they must disclose changes in users’ internet access.

A spokeswoman for FCC chairman Ajit Pai did not immediately comment on Monday.

Related:
FCC Struggles to Convince Judge That Broadband Isn't "Telecommunications"
It's Now Clear None of the Supposed Benefits of Killing Net Neutrality Are Real
FCC Chairman Pai Celebrates Congress Failing to Bring Back Net Neutrality


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday March 10 2019, @11:12AM (9 children)

    Nah, you're buying into the socialist line of thinking rather than using your own brain there. Yes, capitalism needs managed but only so far as to eliminate monopolistic abuses and encourage competition. It also needs anyone selling special favor to a person or entity put up against a wall and shot repeatedly. It does not need managed "because some things are more important than money". We already have laws against poisoning people and such, they just need to be enforced fully against anyone and everyone who makes a decision to do so instead of simply fining the companies they work for.

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  • (Score: 2) by stormreaver on Sunday March 10 2019, @01:20PM (6 children)

    by stormreaver (5101) on Sunday March 10 2019, @01:20PM (#812280)

    Yes, capitalism needs managed...

    1) Needs to be managed.
    2) Needs management.
    3) Needs managing.

    It does not need managed...

    1) Need management.
    2) Need to be managed.
    3) Need managing.

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday March 10 2019, @05:38PM (5 children)

      I'm American. The right to abuse the English language as we see fit was part of what we got for kicking the shit out of the Brits in the war of 1812.

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      • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday March 10 2019, @06:01PM (4 children)

        by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday March 10 2019, @06:01PM (#812357) Journal

        Did we win that one?

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        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday March 10 2019, @06:31PM (3 children)

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday March 10 2019, @06:31PM (#812368) Journal

          We got our Capitol set on fire, so I'm not sure we did.

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          • (Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday March 10 2019, @07:32PM

            by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Sunday March 10 2019, @07:32PM (#812388)

            Nah, that was just Major-General Robert Ross and Sir George Cockburn doing a bit of slum clearance to help with the redevelopment of the city.

            You're welcome.

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday March 10 2019, @10:08PM

            Depends on who had the marshmallows.

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          • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday March 11 2019, @12:56AM

            by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday March 11 2019, @12:56AM (#812492) Journal

            Didn't seem to matter really. they signed a contract, and it was back to regular business, whatever it was. But I don't believe we *kicked the shit out of the Brits*.

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  • (Score: 1) by helel on Sunday March 10 2019, @03:47PM (1 child)

    by helel (2949) on Sunday March 10 2019, @03:47PM (#812310)

    "We already have laws against poisoning people and such..."
    A law saying you cannot poison people would be a form of managing capitalism. If the only management were to break up monopolies and stop bribery then poisoning people would have to be perfectly legal, else how can I run my "poisoning people for hire" small business.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 10 2019, @04:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 10 2019, @04:13PM (#812320)

      Or selling coke as a cure all. "Wow, I DO instantly feel better!"