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FCC Officially Publishes Net Neutrality Repeal

posted by martyb on Friday February 23 2018, @12:21AM   
from the cable-companies-rejoice dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

The Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules will be no more in two months: The agency has taken the final step in removing the regulations from its rule book.

But that may not be the end of the story. Dozens of groups are expected to file lawsuits challenging the repeal, and Democrats in Congress will push to reverse the FCC's action.

On Thursday, the FCC published the final notice of the repeal in the Federal Register, which starts a 60-day clock until the rules are removed. The effective date for the repeal is April 23. The FCC voted to repeal the rules on Dec. 14.

https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-officially-publish-net-neutrality-repeal/#ftag=CADf328eec

Final Notice of Repeal: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/22/2018-03464/restoring-internet-freedom

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• Oblig Adams quote (Score: 3, Interesting) by meustrus on Friday February 23 2018, @02:59PM

  by meustrus (4961) on Friday February 23 2018, @02:59PM (#642382)

  “It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
  "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
  "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
  "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
  "I did," said Ford. "It is."
  "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
  "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
  "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
  "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
  "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
  "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"
  "What?"
  "I said," said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, "have you got any gin?"
  "I'll look. Tell me about the lizards."
  Ford shrugged again.
  "Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happenned to them," he said. "They're completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone's got to say it."
  "But that's terrible," said Arthur.
  "Listen, bud," said Ford, "if I had one Altairian dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say 'That's terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.”

  ― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

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