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Net neutrality advocates are planning two days of protest in Washington DC this month as they fight off plans to defang regulations meant to protect an open internet.
A coalition of activists, consumer groups and writers are calling on supporters to attend the next meeting of the Federal Communications Commission on 26 September in DC. The next day, the protest will move to Capitol Hill, where people will meet legislators to express their concerns about an FCC proposal to rewrite the rules governing the internet.
The FCC has received 22 million comments on "Restoring Internet Freedom", the regulator's proposal to dismantle net neutrality rules put in place in 2015. Opponents argue the rule changes, proposed by the FCC's Republican chairman Ajit Pai, will pave the way for a tiered internet where internet service providers (ISPs) will be free to pick and choose winners online by giving higher speeds to those they favor, or those willing or able to pay more.
The regulator has yet to process the comments, and is reviewing its proposals before a vote expected later this year.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:16PM (17 children)
Now why would we do that? If there's no regulation whatsoever, there's nothing to keep you big business types from using monopoly tactics to squeeze out competition. I've never, ever seen you "free market" cunts scream about regulation when it helps to shut down municipal broadband. Not once. Municipal broadband is the very definition of that which you cling to, yet it's *crickets* from you whenever it comes under attack.
You actually WANT regulation, you just want it set up to only benefit YOU. I have only three words to say to that: Go, fuck, and yourself.
(Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:23PM (3 children)
Regulation is what squeezes out the newcomer by making the barrier to entry that hurdle which a Big Business has already cleared.
Indeed, a government regulatory agency is itself a goddamn monopoly; you want a monopoly to protect you from monopolies—it makes no sense!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:46PM (2 children)
Yes, I want a monopoly controlled by we the people to protect us from monopolies controlled by C-level sociopaths. How is that so hard to understand?
Then again, on second thought, maybe you're right. "We the people" gave us fucking Trump and a Republican house and senate. CLEARLY "we the people" can't be trusted with that level of power.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @05:06PM
Thanks for the laugh. The US government controlled by "we the people". Hee hee! What a riot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:38PM
If net neutrality were the only issue in the election, I would've voted for Hillary Clinton.
Trouble is, on 100% of the other issues with disagreement, she was horrible. Unlike her and her voters, I don't hate America. I don't feel guilty for being part of the greatest civilization ever, and I have no desire to see that civilization brought down.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JNCF on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:47PM (1 child)
"'Free market' cunts" is an awfully large umbrella; at least in this context, I definitely fall under it (see my OpenLibernet post above). Here I am on SN, over two years ago, arguing that municipal governments should be given the means to defend their own internet infrastructures. [soylentnews.org] Now you've seen it.
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:52PM
Err, over three years ago. Time is weird.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:50PM (10 children)
You haven't paid any attention whatsoever to what I've said on Capitalism and how Monopolies have no place in them then. You should try opening your eyes and reading once in a while.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @05:37PM (9 children)
I doubt that is the case, people hear you and try and point out your naivety but you refuse to accept that your model is broken. The free market inevitably leads to behemoth corporations since putting everything under one umbrella enables ever higher profit margins. The behemoths influence legislation, so round and round we go.
I think the free market is a marvelous idea! But there is no place for human greed or unethical practices. Those things HAVE to go.
See how stupid my position is? Yours is only slightly better, but comparing shit to worse shit isn't a validation.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday September 20 2017, @06:34PM (8 children)
"My model" has created essentially every prosperous nation the world has ever seen. I'll stand by that record any day.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @07:08PM (7 children)
I'll stand right beside you with the sign saying "This man suffers from clinical psychosis." I wouldn't trust you beyond managing a 7/11, and even then I'd be worried you'd shoot a customer carrying a non-weapon in their jacket.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday September 20 2017, @07:23PM (6 children)
S'what they get for walking around a chicken leg under their arm. Nice complete dodge of the issue, by the way.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @08:30PM (5 children)
The issue was capitalism and monopolies, and it was addressed by pointing out that capitalism leads to monopolies unless you have massive government regulation (non free market).
You responded with a red herring
I responded with a similar level of critical analysis regarding your mental condition.
You respond with:
Clearly you are a borderline psychotic who should have his firearm license replaced with a nice padded cell.
You are correct, I did not address your stupid point because it was stupid. You want to look at only the positives and ignore the negatives, you should change your name to The MIghty Ostrich. You need some learnin' boy, most of the US domination has been through shady tactics of empire building and has little to do with capitalism vs. communism.
(Score: 2, Disagree) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday September 20 2017, @08:57PM (4 children)
You refuse to address the issue because you are wrong and you know it. Capitalism has created the vast majority of the world's wealth. Socialism and Communism have destroyed more wealth than they have created.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:48PM (3 children)
Why bother arguing with an ideologue? Common sense doesn't matter, just your crappy simplistic viewpoint of the world. China would beg to differ, it took them a while to catch up but they're about to leave the US and other Western countries in the dust. You'll be that old semi-senile guy yelling "capitalism!" while all the young folks go about building a better world. Most likely it will involve capitalism, because as I always say the world needs a mix. Only morons such as yourself think capitalism is the end-all-be-all. I blame propaganda, but I also adhere to certain amounts of personal responsibility and lay the blame upon you as well for being too lazy to get a real education.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @12:11AM (2 children)
Why did you bother typing out a full paragraph to say "nuh uh!"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @04:51PM (1 child)
Cause going through the trouble of getting sources about socialized healthcare is a waste of time, your brain twists around, moves the goal posts, and does back flips coming up with reasons that reality is wrong. Posting a quick paragraph about your stupidity is easy, spending time on documenting exactly WHY is time consuming and therefore not something I'll do for an argument with an ostrich.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @05:05PM
I'm not TMB. I'm just an AC asking you why you think playground namecalling is anything more than your own mental masterbation.
Interesting to note that you think backing up your own viewpoints is too time consuming.