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What's the sympathetic FCC and the Democratic Congress accomplished towards Net Neutrality lately? "Congress rebukes FCC on Net neutrality rules" http://news.c
by zarfle 16y ago
What's the sympathetic FCC and the Democratic Congress accomplished towards Net Neutrality lately?
"Congress rebukes FCC on Net neutrality rules" http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20005834-38.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20005834-38.html
"In theory, most Democrats favor Net neutrality. But theory doesn't always mesh with political practice. Rank-and-file Dems are clamoring for Net neutrality about as much as Bush-era Republicans were clamoring for limited government: it's a valuable talking point, but of course there's no need to do anything hasty. (Besides, even in this anti-incumbent year, how many single-issue Net neutrality voters are there?)
The last time there was a major rewrite of telecommunications laws, it took something like five years for Congress' internal mechanisms to spit out the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A push for national cable franchising legislation went on for years but died without a vote."