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

[BoxingFan653]

Bad move by this admin...and I'm a conservative

 

[Falsedawn]

He didn't appoint him to be the chairman. Just to the committee. Also, but Obamaing this situation is monumentally stupid.

He also apparently doesn't know that Obama was required to appoint a Republican to the committee. Just dumb.

 

[TSO]

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

You find one of the lines upstream from an ISP and purchase an access point on it. It's what the ISP's do themselves.

 

[JonnyRingo84]

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

if nothing is going to change, then why would they go to all this trouble, and bad press, in order to achieve it?

 

[Trotsky]

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

Regional and local monopolies. Many if not most Americans, and basically all rural citizens, do not have more than one (or at most two) choices.

Also, there is already an oligopoly with prohibitively expensive barriers to entry, so absent billions in investment there isn't much chance of spontaneous competition, and small local startups cannot compete with quality. This isn't really an industry that is susceptible to competitive whims.

 

[BudKing8806]

if nothing is going to change, then why would they go to all this trouble, and bad press, in order to achieve it?

 

[DangDaGawd]

Still waiting for this infrastructure plan we were promised.

Corporations are going to build infrastructure with their tax cuts. Trickle down redux ftw!!!

 

[deviake]

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.

Spot on. It amazes me how few people bring up that he was appointed by Obama; Trump just promoted him. I guess that's an inconvenient truth.

 

[DangDaGawd]

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.

Still could of done some due diligence and appointed his own Republican nominee. I wonder what he traded this appointment for. Votes on Obamacare?

 

[Rod1]

 

[Rod1]

Still could of done some due diligence and appointed his own Republican nominee. I wonder what he traded this appointment for. Votes on Obamacare?

Any republican nominee that would get the votes would still vote against NN.

 

[Rod1]

Spot on. It amazes me how few people bring up that he was appointed by Obama; Trump just promoted him. I guess that's an inconvenient truth.

The FCC can only have at most 3 appointees from a given political party.

You guys cant seriously pull the "Thanks Obama" card.

EDIT

I also found out that his term expired earlier this year and Trump re-appointed him.

 

[deviake]

The FCC can only have at most 3 appointees from a given political party.

You guys cant seriously pull the "Thanks Obama" card.

It's a fact that he appointed him and Trump promoted him, you can perceive others noting fact that however you like.

 

[DangDaGawd]

Any republican nominee that would get the votes would still vote against NN.

I guess we just differ on perspective. Giving in to obstructionism is not an excuse to me.

 

[Rod1]

It's a fact that he appointed him and Trump promoted him, you can perceive others noting fact that however you like.

Its not a fact.

His term expired in March 2017.

His current term is all Trump's.

 

[deviake]

Its not a fact.

His term expired in March 2017.

His current term is all Trump's.

So Obama didn't appoint him, got it. Ajit was probably a different person back then.

 

[Rod1]

I guess we just differ on perspective. Giving in to obstructionism is not an excuse to me.

Its not obstructionism, the reason why they have that rule is to prevent one side from dominating the FCC, so they have said rule with the understanding that the minority is picked by the non-ruling party.

Democrats shouldnt stoop down to the Republican level by perverting the institutions.

 

[My Spot]

 

[Teen Wolf]

Winning eh.

 

[Rod1]

So Obama didn't appoint him, got it. Ajit was probably a different person back then.

He appointed him to server from march 2012 to march 2017.

This vote happened in Dec 2017, so no, Trump didnt "promoted him".

Trump gave him the seat of Tom Wheeler a Democrat thus making the FCC majority republican.