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FCC Commissioner On Verizon-Google Proposal: Time To Put Consumers First
- OpieCunningham 16y agoFrom NYTimes: Jen Howard, a spokeswoman for the F.C.C., said that it would not immediately comment on the proposal, and that the views of commissioners did not reflect those of Julius Genachowski, the F.C.C. chairman. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/technology/10net.html?_r=1&ref=technology http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/technology/10net.html?_r=1...
- houseabsolute 16y agoI'm not interested in proposed solutions, I just want more power and authority! aaaand something about the consumers.
- SkyMarshal 16y ago“Some will claim this [Google/Verizon] announcement moves the discussion forward. That’s one of its many problems. It is time to move a decision forward—a decision to reassert FCC authority over broadband telecommunications, to guarantee an open Internet now and forever, and to put the interests of consumers in front of the interests of giant corporations.” - Michael Copps, FCC I've basically become a two-issue voter, on Net Neutrality and Lessig's campaign Change/Fix Congress by reducing the influence and access of money. With people like Copps above at the FCC, that leans me strongly Dem, which is interesting b/c I've never been strongly Dem before. Were the Dems to also team up with Lessig and implement his plans, that would probably win me over for life, or at least until the party's character changed significantly for the worse.