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Trump’s FCC advisor wants to eliminate most of the FCC

• bifrost 10y ago
  Only speaking as myself here - I think the FCC needs to be restructured. I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying it needs to be eliminated but I think its been a political and censorship tool for too long. I think its role could be simplified safely and that "governance" of the internet in the US could be handed over to an organization like ARIN/ISOC/IETF. I do not think government elected officials should have any say over how the internet or consumer communication infrastructure is run.
  • serge2k 10y ago
    > I do not think government elected officials should have any say over how the internet or consumer communication infrastructure is run Yeah, we don't need any regulation for this sort of critical infrastructure. Not like the companies will fuck us over, especially with their local monopolies.
    • t3soro 10y ago
      If you get rid of the onerous FCC, it's that much less to worry about setting up a competing ISP business.
      • serge2k 10y ago
        Not really, you still have to deal with loads of city regulations and a large infrastructure investment. You also have other things the FCC controls. Like allocation of radio spectrum.
• jrnichols 10y ago
  perhaps this isn't the worst idea. The FCC seems to be a lot of bark but no bite these days.