arstechnica.com — Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Chip Pickering (R-MS) are set to introduce a bill that would force the FCC to take a long, hard look at network neutrality. The Commission would also have to (gasp) hear from the public... at least eight times
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dacomputerfreakFeb 14, 2008
@MrWhite7: If there are only 1 or two services available in a given area that provide the same crippled service, how are you to refuse the services? People rely on the internet for more than playing games now you know... We need the government to be on our side and stop the insane "contributions" from swaying the law toward big business. The Internet is something that needs to be free with no regulation as to what content flows through it because many of us use it for doing taxes, banking, employment, and keeping in touch with family. It's also a platform for entertainment and has a big potential for profit that big business intends to funnel right into their pockets, regardless of who it hurts or how it prevents progression of free ideas. The more control we let the US government have, the harder it is to get those rights back! US citizens are too afraid of our government to step up and do anything to stop the "take your rights away because it's for your own good and protection" philosophy. You know that there are many countries where the government follows the wishes of the people, I wish it were like that here in the US.
cbuddha42Feb 14, 2008
I think you mean against restrictions and for free..., but regardless, do you really think the government should do anything as long as a majority votes for it? That sounds like a crappy idea to me, and here is an extreme example: more white people than black people leads to slavery unless some of the white people in government stand up for what is "right" instead of what's popular.While that may seem unlikely, taking a company's property is much more likely. Why? Simply because it's easier to convince the mob to take from a big, faceless corporation that makes more revenue than they can conceive than from an individual who they more readily identify with a victim. Basically going for what's popular (majority vote) reduces us to mob rule, and that often isn't a good thing not only for businesses that really on stability but for social welfare in general. The mob isn't smart and doesn't exercise good judgment; our founding father understood this and it's one of the reasons we have a representational government rather than a true democracy.Call me archaic and hide behind post modernism if you will, but I firmly believe that too much relativistic morality on a political scale would destroy stability.Numbers don't make right any more than might makes right.
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2008
There are a few amendments to the constitution nowadays, you might want to check them out.
bamborzledFeb 14, 2008
Are you joking?
genghis1Feb 14, 2008
Obama has no clue what to do about NN.
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2008
Voting is getting us no where, i think we need to over throw the government, are you with me?
asformeFeb 14, 2008
Give me my freedom of contract back. All I demand from the government is that they enforce that all details of a contract be fully disclosed. If Comcast is going to kick me off for downloading 450GB I want to know about it BEFORE I sign up.
drastic8Feb 14, 2008
Im pro Obama, but not fond of the gov controlling my interwebs but I had to bring this up:<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd8qY6myrrE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd8qY6myrrE</a>Frankly, I'm impressed he was actually understood the question...
senator32Feb 17, 2008
Full Bill information here: <a class="user" href="http://www.statesurge.com/bills/35849">http://www.statesurge.com/bills/35849</a>