Court: FCC has no power to regulate Net neutrality

[1800rocker.livejournal.com]

FCC Wants Power. Denied! The FCC is in my opinion A Waste of time! I'm a proud Comcast user and now even prouder. As they liked the ruling as do I. I'm glad it was thrown out it should have been. Why is this Administration is trying to control everything? It's making voters angry. If I want to talk about the news, etc I should be able to. I am a American and I enjoy my freedom and my internet freedom.  

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[1800rocker.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NDPT0Ph5rA

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Best news I heard all week. And it being a 3-0 ruling bodes even better.

[merig00.livejournal.com]

FCC already announced that they will go around treating it as utility regulation.

[policraticus.livejournal.com]

Two thumbs up.

[a4honor.livejournal.com]

You know this should freak out even the stanchest of our "government is the answer friends"

[root-fu.livejournal.com]

Can you add your own personal opinion so your post isn't deleted?

This is bad news, I'm thinking.

BitTorrent and p2p sharing weren't the only issues hinging upon this decision.

There were unfair and illegal business practices undertaken by ISP's like Verizon where they blocked their competitors from accessing the internet. Net neutrality is more or less the same thing as internet equality. A ruling against it, is never really a good thing.

[thies.livejournal.com]

Another victory for freedom and the free market over communism and its enablers in the current administration

[lucazzo.livejournal.com]

They'll take my Netflix streaming over my dead body.

oxymoron

[thies.livejournal.com]

contra net neutrality but enjoying internet freedom

[devil-ad-vocate.livejournal.com]

Please, briefly tell me what you think net neutrality is.

[qnetter]

So it's a good idea that Comcast can give a fatter pipe to content it agrees with than to content it doesn't? And is your answer that I should just lay my own fiber across the country?

In other words, I don't think you understand the issue at all.

[mrsilence.livejournal.com]

Oh lol regulation is communism sure.

Not that I agree with with regulating net neutrality personally on the whole, but I mean sheesh...hyperbolic rhetoric much?

[ccr1138.livejournal.com]

Philosophically I agree that Comcast or any company should be able to run its business without government micromanagement. Unfortunately there are barriers to competition that inhibit the free market vis-a-vis ISPs, and consumers are often left twisting in the wind by predatory providers. Net neutrality is a complex issue, but in the end, if a company is allowed to screw around with my internet access and I don't have a choice of going to another provider? That's wrong. I believe government has the right to regulate businesses to prevent the abuse of consumers, so I'm not sure if I agree with the FCC ruling at this point.

[coolgui.livejournal.com]

Stupid government trying to regulate stuff to make sure consumers get a fair shake. They should know by now corporations own us. :)

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to say thanks for Hillary having a go at our governments impending net filter.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

You just really don't have even the first clue what net neutrality is about, do you?

What if some of the content you get over your provider's connection was suddenly a lot slower? But strangely, no disturbance in service from the giant media conglomerates (who can afford to pay Comcast to amp up their signal)? What if your provider just suddenly decided to start charging you if you want to get to certain places on the Web at all? Do you really want that?

Do you really?

[xforge.livejournal.com]

And ninety percent of the US either gets their service from one single provider, or tough fucking shit. Yeah, that's fair.

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

To be fair, the FCC really *didn't* have the authority to regulate. The answer here will come with Congress authorizing them to do this, not with wild agency power grabs.

[blorky.livejournal.com]

You might find http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/31/broadband.south.korea/index.html illuminating.

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

Depends. In rural areas, monopoly is far more likely (and monopoly of the worse option, DSL, to boot). Of course, there's sattelite, but that's like saying that you could ditch your car and get to the grocery store by helicopter.

[eracerhead.livejournal.com]

So we shouldn't trust the FCC to be our consumer advocate, but we should trust Comcast (http://eracerhead.livejournal.com/38444.html) to do the right thing?

It is really a bizarre world where insurance companies, cable providers and banks are considered advocates of the people. If anyone wants a perfect example of what happens with statelessness, check out Somalia.

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

Why is this Administration is trying to control everything?
Um didn't the FCC start this during Bush's administration?

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Do you *really* want the internet to be just like television, Bruce?

Seriously, *do* you?

[xforge.livejournal.com]

"Trust the consumers to either accept it or tough fucking shit."

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeyup.