The world is watching to see where the FCC’s actions will lead international telecommunications regulators going forward.
Will FCC leadership reinforce the successful Internet policy status quo?
Or will the FCC reverse course and risk breaking the global Internet by leading international telecommunications regulators to price-regulate their sovereign parts of the global Internet to restore the national postal and telecom utilities of the 20th century?
That is the most dishonest piece of of propaganda I have read ion a long time. Without going through every lie and distortion, the fact is that the FCC wants to preserve competition and the status quo, the telcos want to use lack of regulation to destroy it.
tangor
5:44 am on Oct 23, 2014 (gmt 0)
Don't shoot the messenger.
I just find these things... and find them in places that are NOT tech sites... ie. sites that the general public read.
If Title II is invoked (IF!) (make the web a telecommunications utility), the landscape will change... and how that impacts the net both in the US and world wide, is something to consider.
Personally, I don't think anything should change, but that's just me.
piatkow
10:04 am on Oct 23, 2014 (gmt 0)
When I have to use the internet to submit a (UK) tax return then it is definitely a utility.
graeme_p
12:20 pm on Oct 23, 2014 (gmt 0)
@tangor, I was not blaming you, but the author - sorry if that was not clear!
tangor
3:01 am on Oct 24, 2014 (gmt 0)
@graeme_p: I didn't take it that way (besides, I have a thick skin from years of rumble and tumble in real life and the web!)
What I do find fascinating regarding these "news breaks" I post (and if you look through Foo, I have posted a few on this topic) is that 1% of each (arbitrary number to make a point) is fact, the other 99% is speculative farmer's friend or agency agenda type stuff.
I fear the public really doesn't know what is going on, or if it should go on, or whose toes to hold to the fire.
