F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules... Thanks Trump.

[xcvbn]

Umm, you should do homework to see how FCC nominations work before trying to pin him on Obama. Just sayin.

Hell I'll do the homework for you -

Only three commissioners may be members of the same political party. None of them may have a financial interest in any FCC-related business.[3][7]
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Since three Dems were already commissioners on the FCC at the time, Obama needed to name a Republican.

He has served in various positions at the FCC since being appointed to the commission by President Barack Obama in May 2012, at the recommendation of Mitch McConnell.​

Pretty sure he could have told McConnell to kick rocks until he brought someone who wasn't a telecom attorney...just saying

 

[xcvbn]

So now what do we do? It would seem that this was unpopular but they did it anyway and every year it seems harder and harder to stop this kinda shit.

Vote out every congressman and senator who took money from the telecom industry.

It's a long list of both dems and repubs.

 

[chrisdiaz]

a question I have about this...

if companies then choose to throttle their speeds, or charge more for certain services or whatever....

why wouldn't competition still apply? would not the company that doesn't resort to those things intice more customers?

you know, like the cell phone market and the unlimited plans? Verizon doesn't have the total dominance it used to.....
edit: I realize that if you live in a rural locale (as I do) that you could be screwed either way due to lack of competition already

Have you ever tried to get another ISP? its almost impossible for most people. The telecom companies own the infastructure of the internet, thats where the monopoly lies.

 

[Rod1]

I love how it's "Trump's FCC." Obviously Trump could have weighed in against the vote, but the fucking cocksucker FCC chair Ajit Pai(former Verizon lawyer) who made the tie-breaking vote against net neutrality was appointed by Obama....this is far from a partisan issue. If anything it's the opposite, showing blatant collusion between both parties in order to pander to corporate interests.

He was appointed as chairman by Trump, FCC commission regulators are confirmed by the Senate and this was McConnell's quota.

So, no, you cant put this in Obama.

This is Trump's... In all honesty Trumps is an idiot who doesnt understand one iota of the job he is currently in. This is McConnells's FCC Trump is just the stupid rubberstamper.

Although i expect republicans to blame Obama.

 

[Dr Curtis Love]

Time to start downloading as much por....videos of puppies as I can to my computer now. Stock up, so to speak.

 

[Raksas]

So now what do we do?

Start downloading massive amounts of porn immediately then later sell on the black market

 

[Gutter Chris]

Vote out every congressman and senator who took money from the telecom industry.

It's a long list of both dems and repubs.

Yea except it isnt going to happen like that in this country ever and were all going to end up fucked majorly because of how dominant tribal politics is. its hard to vote for the other side depending on what your issues are but I agree the best thing to do at the moment is fire them all on election day.

Not to go all doom and gloom but I think it might be too late to stop corporations from taking over our country

 

[ShoelessRye]

Pretty sure he could have told McConnell to kick rocks until he brought someone who wasn't a telecom attorney...just saying

Standard operating procedure and protocol is Senate minority leader gets their choice. But blame Obama and not McConnell and not Trump.

 

[chrisdiaz]

You can actually get on the internet without an isp.

What crack are you smoking? How exactly do you do that bud?

 

[HomerThompson]

My mistake. Obama only appointed a dude to the FCC commission with a history as a telecom shill.

I don't like it either, but bothsideism is real, and should be avoided.

 

[HomerThompson]

Tax Scam is so popular that Paul Ryan is pretending he hates DC and wants to retire in 2018 anyways so he doesn't have to run and defend this shitty giveaway to billionaires but cash in by serving on their respective boards once a month for seven figures annually.

Precisely this.

 

[HomerThompson]

That's what you get for voting a reality star into office pahahaha. Never felt so good to live in Europe. Get fucked

Rude.

 

[DangDaGawd]

Have you ever tried to get another ISP? its almost impossible for most people. The telecom companies own the infastructure of the internet, thats where the monopoly lies.

Government enforced monopoly at that. The trade off is supposed to be, we protect your market share but you have to abide by regulations that tell you what is an acceptable method of delivering service.

However, in Trump's America large corporations get to have their cake and eat it too apparently.

Hooray for populism!

 

[Rod1]

My mistake. Obama only appointed a dude to the FCC commission with a history as a telecom shill.

Also

Only three commissioners can be of the same political party at any given time

https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/what-we-do

Obama had to nominate a republican so he asked the republican senate minority leader for a pick.

 

[DangDaGawd]

That's what you get for voting a reality star into office pahahaha. Never felt so good to live in Europe. Get fucked

Tbf, the majority of GOP candidates would have done the same thing in Trump's shoes.

 

[Revolver]

Still waiting for this infrastructure plan we were promised.

 

[VivaRevolution]

Tbf, the majority of GOP candidates would have done the same thing in Trump's shoes.

Agreed, but Obama and Clinton were pushing for internet ID numbers in TPP.

One serves telecoms, the other hollywood, but both result in the end of the free internet. Some call this controlled opposition.

 

[HomerThompson]

Still waiting for this infrastructure plan we were promised.

Better stock the fridge, it's going to be a long wait.

 

[JonnyRingo84]

a question I have about this...

if companies then choose to throttle their speeds, or charge more for certain services or whatever....

why wouldn't competition still apply? would not the company that doesn't resort to those things intice more customers?

you know, like the cell phone market and the unlimited plans? Verizon doesn't have the total dominance it used to.....
edit: I realize that if you live in a rural locale (as I do) that you could be screwed either way due to lack of competition already

basically, these are like the giant trees in the forest now. choking out the light for any new start up businesses.

 

[BudKing8806]

Nothing is going to change...if it does...stay off the goddamned internet in protest.