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FCC doubles down on its dead-wrong definition of how the internet works

17 points by rasengan0 9y ago

JohnTHaller 9y ago
This view may seem like stupidity, but it's bought and paid for. Just as it may seem like stupidity for the FCC not to exclude the comments that were done by bots, it's not. It supports their opinion, so they keep them.
rektide 9y ago
This article is 100% correct & vitally crucial. The FCC's justification for repealing net neutrality is completely bogus statements that it's directly your ISP that gives you the capability to blog, search the internet, share documents, &c. Paragraph 27 of the FCC's "Restoring Internet Freedom Notice of Proposed Rulemaking"[1] is basically an ode to how unbelievably ignorant and useless this Republican FCC is, a demonstration that everything that's about to happen is a complete sham based on ridiculous misinformation- "We believe that Internet service providers offer the “capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available information via telecommunications." Whether posting on social media or drafting a blog, a broadband Internet user is able to generate and make available information online. Whether reading a newspaper’s website or browsing the results from a search engine, a broadband Internet user is able to acquire and retrieve information online. Whether it’s an address book or a grocery list, a broadband Internet user is able to store and utilize information online. Whether uploading filtered photographs or translating text into a foreign language, a broadband Internet user is able to transform and process information online. In short, broadband Internet access service appears to offer its users the “capability” to perform each and every one of the functions listed in the definition—and accordingly appears to be an information service by definition. We seek comment on this analysis." My comment? You are dumb, worthless, terrible human beings, who clearly have no right to any seat in government, who clearly are actively working to blow smoke up the American people's ass. You can't possibly actually be this stupid- you clearly are a bunch of crooks, fundamentally and for perverse ends creating the fakest most unbelievable of cover stories for your incredible capitalist sell out. None of what is described is the work of an ISP. Every little it of what is described is a thing your ISP gives you access to, by virtue of your ISP being a dumb pipe to the entire internet. Anything else that my ISP does is a mis-service and endangers my access to these capabilities the terrible-republican FCC so handily outlined. But you wont listen to me, or the other good Americans who wrote in. You've made a disgusting mess of the democratic process & solicitation for comments & shown zero desire to make right the ridiculously huge number of forged, fake comments that were submitted, resisting congressional & state attorneys inquiry. You won't listen to anyone. You've made up the most nonsense, fake, unbelievably inconceivably bullshit & wrong fairy tale for how the internet works, & you're using it to pass some disgraceful handouts to a couple big businesses that will stimmy the competitive nature of American technology investment (since companies will have to barter with each & every ISP) for years. Chairman Ajit is a little turd, smearing himself all over this poor situation. What an unbelievable deceiptful disgusting and transparent fabrication he's made. this TechCrunch article is correct, but not nearly bitter enough. The FCC is completely unhinged. Ajit is a lying sack. [1] https://www.fcc.gov/document/restoring-internet-freedom-notice-proposed-rulemaking https://www.fcc.gov/document/restoring-internet-freedom-noti...
vorotato 9y ago
Anyone who loves free market competition should oppose this blatant power grab by the corporations behind this.

17 points by rasengan0 9y ago

This view may seem like stupidity, but it's bought and paid for. Just as it may seem like stupidity for the FCC not to exclude the comments that were done by bots, it's not. It supports their opinion, so they keep them.

rektide 9y ago

This article is 100% correct & vitally crucial. The FCC's justification for repealing net neutrality is completely bogus statements that it's directly your ISP that gives you the capability to blog, search the internet, share documents, &c. Paragraph 27 of the FCC's "Restoring Internet Freedom Notice of Proposed Rulemaking"[1] is basically an ode to how unbelievably ignorant and useless this Republican FCC is, a demonstration that everything that's about to happen is a complete sham based on ridiculous misinformation- "We believe that Internet service providers offer the “capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available information via telecommunications." Whether posting on social media or drafting a blog, a broadband Internet user is able to generate and make available information online. Whether reading a newspaper’s website or browsing the results from a search engine, a broadband Internet user is able to acquire and retrieve information online. Whether it’s an address book or a grocery list, a broadband Internet user is able to store and utilize information online. Whether uploading filtered photographs or translating text into a foreign language, a broadband Internet user is able to transform and process information online. In short, broadband Internet access service appears to offer its users the “capability” to perform each and every one of the functions listed in the definition—and accordingly appears to be an information service by definition. We seek comment on this analysis." My comment? You are dumb, worthless, terrible human beings, who clearly have no right to any seat in government, who clearly are actively working to blow smoke up the American people's ass. You can't possibly actually be this stupid- you clearly are a bunch of crooks, fundamentally and for perverse ends creating the fakest most unbelievable of cover stories for your incredible capitalist sell out. None of what is described is the work of an ISP. Every little it of what is described is a thing your ISP gives you access to, by virtue of your ISP being a dumb pipe to the entire internet. Anything else that my ISP does is a mis-service and endangers my access to these capabilities the terrible-republican FCC so handily outlined. But you wont listen to me, or the other good Americans who wrote in. You've made a disgusting mess of the democratic process & solicitation for comments & shown zero desire to make right the ridiculously huge number of forged, fake comments that were submitted, resisting congressional & state attorneys inquiry. You won't listen to anyone. You've made up the most nonsense, fake, unbelievably inconceivably bullshit & wrong fairy tale for how the internet works, & you're using it to pass some disgraceful handouts to a couple big businesses that will stimmy the competitive nature of American technology investment (since companies will have to barter with each & every ISP) for years. Chairman Ajit is a little turd, smearing himself all over this poor situation. What an unbelievable deceiptful disgusting and transparent fabrication he's made. this TechCrunch article is correct, but not nearly bitter enough. The FCC is completely unhinged. Ajit is a lying sack. [1] https://www.fcc.gov/document/restoring-internet-freedom-notice-proposed-rulemaking https://www.fcc.gov/document/restoring-internet-freedom-noti...

vorotato 9y ago

Anyone who loves free market competition should oppose this blatant power grab by the corporations behind this.