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Another agency, the FCC, was founded on the premise that we need to ensure some communicators don't degrade the communications of others unintentionally. Spectr

Another agency, the FCC, was founded on the premise that we need to ensure some communicators don't degrade the communications of others unintentionally. Spectrum needs management. It's funny we lack the same conviction when ITCs actively degrade each other...

welder 8y ago
What's an ITC?
- brownbat 8y ago
  I meant something like "information and communications technology company," but apparently made up a new acronym that doesn't even match to that. Sorry for the confusion, ITC is not a thing, except in international trade contexts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communicatio...
WillPostForFood 8y ago
With Democrats in control of the House, they can pass Net Neutrality and put some pressure on the Senate. Or package in with a spending deal.
- labster 8y ago
  Haha, hilarious man. I'm looking forward to two years of total gridlock in the U.S. government. No one is in a mood to compromise on anything at all, least of all a fringe issue like Net Neutrality that motivates, like, fifty people to the polls.
  - danso 8y ago
    On the contrary, net neutrality being a niche issue might make it more likely for politicians to agree on action. NN is a vague, new enough issue that it can be spun to the public in appealing ways. And the battle lines on which legislators are willing to die on haven’t yet been drawn. Think back to the SOPA bill back in 2013. It had massive bipartisan support, and a huge number of listed cosponsors [0], yet Congress folded like a chair on the day of the blackout protest. Not just because the protest was large, but because they had little to gain by sticking to their positions. Compare this to how Congress members change in no significant way from their campaign promises on gun and abortion issues. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Members_of_the_U.S._Congress_who_support_or_oppose_SOPA/PIPA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Members_of_the_U.S._... edit: fixed typo/grammar
  - AnthonyMouse 8y ago
    It should actually be interesting to see what happens. The Democrats won the House, but only by about a dozen seats, and some of them are in places like Texas and Montana which they can't possibly expect to hold in two years if all they do is bloviate and obstruct. Meanwhile making deals is Trump's whole shtick. It's theoretically possible that some bipartisanship occurs -- if that's even still a thing.

welder 8y ago

What's an ITC?

brownbat 8y ago
I meant something like "information and communications technology company," but apparently made up a new acronym that doesn't even match to that. Sorry for the confusion, ITC is not a thing, except in international trade contexts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communicatio...

WillPostForFood 8y ago

With Democrats in control of the House, they can pass Net Neutrality and put some pressure on the Senate. Or package in with a spending deal.

labster 8y ago
Haha, hilarious man. I'm looking forward to two years of total gridlock in the U.S. government. No one is in a mood to compromise on anything at all, least of all a fringe issue like Net Neutrality that motivates, like, fifty people to the polls.
- danso 8y ago
  On the contrary, net neutrality being a niche issue might make it more likely for politicians to agree on action. NN is a vague, new enough issue that it can be spun to the public in appealing ways. And the battle lines on which legislators are willing to die on haven’t yet been drawn. Think back to the SOPA bill back in 2013. It had massive bipartisan support, and a huge number of listed cosponsors [0], yet Congress folded like a chair on the day of the blackout protest. Not just because the protest was large, but because they had little to gain by sticking to their positions. Compare this to how Congress members change in no significant way from their campaign promises on gun and abortion issues. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Members_of_the_U.S._Congress_who_support_or_oppose_SOPA/PIPA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Members_of_the_U.S._... edit: fixed typo/grammar
- AnthonyMouse 8y ago
  It should actually be interesting to see what happens. The Democrats won the House, but only by about a dozen seats, and some of them are in places like Texas and Montana which they can't possibly expect to hold in two years if all they do is bloviate and obstruct. Meanwhile making deals is Trump's whole shtick. It's theoretically possible that some bipartisanship occurs -- if that's even still a thing.