F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules

essentialsaltes said:

Liberal Montana is the first state to make a law mandating net neutrality.

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From the article, quote:

"Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order on Monday requiring internet service providers with state contracts to abide by net neutrality principles."

Montana is now a monarchy? The King commands and the serfs will obey is the apparent new order. But then that is the governmental form liberals desire, all power to the state.

Sistrin said:

From the article, quote:

"Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order on Monday requiring internet service providers with state contracts to abide by net neutrality principles."

Montana is now a monarchy? The King commands and the serfs will obey is the apparent new order. But then that is the governmental form liberals desire, all power to the state.

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lol, triggered much? Did you manage to get all of the right wing buzzwords out of your system or do you still have a few left in the tank?

This executive order only covers firms that want to do business with the state government. If they want to be eligible, they have to conduct themselves in a certain way. If not, they're free to throttle whatever they want. These sorts of rules are pretty common.

essentialsaltes said:

Liberal Montana is the first state to make a law mandating net neutrality.

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It's been interesting watching a lot of right wing folks drift to anti-net neutrality, especially since most of them supported it before. This was a good move by the governor, and will have some screaming because he has a D next to his name.

iluvatar5150 said:

lol, triggered much?

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You could at least try to be original.

iluvatar5150 said:

Did you manage to get all of the right wing buzzwords out of your system or do you still have a few left in the tank?

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This isn't about buzzwords, it is about the truth, and the truth is this. If the liberal/progressive crowd is promoting Net Neutrality then Net Neutrality is detrimental to freedom of expression on the internet and the general welfare of those who use it. If the liberal/progressive left is promoting Net Neutrality then Net Neutrality is about control, just as every issue the liberal left promotes is, in some fashion, about exerting control.

Oh, wait:

Report: Soros-Funded Group Cited 46 Times in FCC Rules

New Internet regulations released Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission include 46 references to the Free Press, a group funded by liberal billionaire George Soros, the Daily Caller Reported.

The FCC release of the regulations, more than 300 pages in length, came two weeks after the commission approved them on a party-line 3-2 vote with Democrats voting in favor and Republicans in opposition.

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In total, the FCC cited pro-net neutrality arguments by Free Press 46 times in its decision. The group received $2.2 million in donations from Soros' Open Society Foundations and $3.9 million from the Ford Foundation, according to the Daily Caller.

The leaders of the Free Press are not exactly hiding their goals and desires either. As stated by Free Press Co-Founder Robert McChesney, quote:

"What we want to have in the US and in every society is an Internet that is not private property, but a public utility. We want an Internet where you don’t have to have a password and that you don’t pay a penny to use. It is your right to use the Internet."

"At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control."

And if you divest capitalist from control, who gains that control? The government.

iluvatar5150 said:

This executive order only covers firms that want to do business with the state government. If they want to be eligible, they have to conduct themselves in a certain way.

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Quote the portion of the executive order which allows firms to conduct business with the state government in one manner and everyone else in another.

iluvatar5150 said:

If not, they're free to throttle whatever they want. These sorts of rules are pretty common.

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For Marxist.

Sistrin said:

You could at least try to be original.

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Really? You're going to criticize my originality and then repeat mindless pap like this:

If the liberal/progressive crowd is promoting Net Neutrality then Net Neutrality is detrimental to freedom of expression on the internet and the general welfare of those who use it. If the liberal/progressive left is promoting Net Neutrality then Net Neutrality is about control, just as every issue the liberal left promotes is, in some fashion, about exerting control.

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You could've pulled that from any right-wing manifesto from the last 40 years.

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In total, the FCC cited pro-net neutrality arguments by Free Press 46 times in its decision. The group received $2.2 million in donations from Soros' Open Society Foundations and $3.9 million from the Ford Foundation, according to the Daily Caller.

The leaders of the Free Press are not exactly hiding their goals and desires either. As stated by Free Press Co-Founder Robert McChesney, quote:

"What we want to have in the US and in every society is an Internet that is not private property, but a public utility. We want an Internet where you don’t have to have a password and that you don’t pay a penny to use. It is your right to use the Internet."

"At the moment, the battle over network neutrality is not to completely eliminate the telephone and cable companies. We are not at that point yet. But the ultimate goal is to get rid of the media capitalists in the phone and cable companies and to divest them from control."

And if you divest capitalist from control, who gains that control? The government.

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Wanna read the whole thing in context?

Media Capitalism, the State, and 21st Century Media Democracy Struggles: An Interview with Robert McChesney | MR Online

He didn't say all capitalists; he said "media capitalists". He's talking about breaking up the vertically-integrated monopolies that are the communications conglomerates and preventing media outlets from free-riding on the state-sanctioned monopolies that are communication service providers.

Quote the portion of the executive order which allows firms to conduct business with the state government in one manner and everyone else in another.

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Huh?

I don't think you understood what I was saying. The executive order says that if an ISP wants to be eligible to supply services to the state of MI, they also have to comply with the principles of net neutrality (for everybody). If they don't want to abide by net neutrality principles, they're free to do so; they just won't be eligible to sell their services to the state.

For Marxist.

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The originality. It's killing me.

Tell that to those evil Marxists Dwight Eisenhower:

Executive Order 10479 - Wikisource, the free online library


and Lyndon Johnson:

Executive Order 11246 - Wikisource, the free online library
Executive Order 11375 - Wikisource, the free online library

Ah you Americans and your strange desire for totally free markets. In the UK you can get unlimited 17mb broadband for £19 a month, or 76mb for just £24. Why would you trust unregulated corporations to have your best interests at heart?

Kentonio said:

Ah you Americans and your strange desire for totally free markets. In the UK you can get unlimited 17mb broadband for £19 a month, or 76mb for just £24. Why would you trust unregulated corporations to have your best interests at heart?

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Cuz the gubmint is evil.

essentialsaltes said:

Liberal Montana is the first state to make a law mandating net neutrality.

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California goes the legislative route, while NY joins Montana in executive action.