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This is some serious revisionism. Tom Wheeler was vehemently against NN and even after backflipping refused to enforce his own standards against ISPs. https://

by 0xy 7y ago

This is some serious revisionism. Tom Wheeler was vehemently against NN and even after backflipping refused to enforce his own standards against ISPs. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/net-neutrality-ruling-opens-door/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/net-neutrality-ru... "The ruling in favor of corporate broadband providers [...]"

jedberg 7y ago
That was Verizon suing the FCC because the FCC put NN in place. The FCC lost. Wheeler was not their friend.
- 0xy 7y ago
  Wheeler worked as a lobbyist on behalf of Verizon his entire career. He never enforced a single NN violation.
  - jedberg 7y ago
    That was what the lawsuit was about. To stop him enforcing NN. Verizon won.
  - nl 7y ago
    > He never enforced a single NN violation. He certainly did! > Tom Wheeler defeats the broadband industry: Net neutrality wins in court > Total victory for FCC as appeals court decision upholds net neutrality order. I think the top comment on ArsTechnica there is telling: If you told me 5 years ago that a 20-year lobbyist veteran would be named the head of the FCC and reclassify the wired and wireless internet agencies under Title II, I'd have punched you in the arm and called you a fucking liar. I have never been more happy to be proven wrong about a book's cover than I have been with Mr. Wheeler. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-and-title-ii-win-in-court-as-isps-lose-case-against-fcc/?comments=1&post=31371801 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-a...
nl 7y ago
That article says the exact opposite of what you claim: > The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed victory to Verizon by rejecting the legal framework of the Federal Communications Commission's attempt to regulate the telecom giant and its peers based on net neutrality rules. Such net neutrality, or open Internet, rules aim to prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) such as Verizon from offering tiered broadband services that would push content providers—such as Netflix or Amazon—to pay more for faster delivery of their content. The rules also prevent ISPs from blocking lawful Internet applications and services. Wheeler was suing them to enforce NN standards! Here's and article[1] 2 years later after he successfully appealed that decision: > Tom Wheeler defeats the broadband industry: Net neutrality wins in court > The net neutrality order, passed over a year ago, is FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's signature move during a whirlwind time as head of the commission. [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-and-title-ii-win-in-court-as-isps-lose-case-against-fcc/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-a...

by 0xy 7y ago

jedberg 7y ago

That was Verizon suing the FCC because the FCC put NN in place. The FCC lost. Wheeler was not their friend.

0xy 7y ago
Wheeler worked as a lobbyist on behalf of Verizon his entire career. He never enforced a single NN violation.
- jedberg 7y ago
  That was what the lawsuit was about. To stop him enforcing NN. Verizon won.
- nl 7y ago
  > He never enforced a single NN violation. He certainly did! > Tom Wheeler defeats the broadband industry: Net neutrality wins in court > Total victory for FCC as appeals court decision upholds net neutrality order. I think the top comment on ArsTechnica there is telling: If you told me 5 years ago that a 20-year lobbyist veteran would be named the head of the FCC and reclassify the wired and wireless internet agencies under Title II, I'd have punched you in the arm and called you a fucking liar. I have never been more happy to be proven wrong about a book's cover than I have been with Mr. Wheeler. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-and-title-ii-win-in-court-as-isps-lose-case-against-fcc/?comments=1&post=31371801 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-a...

nl 7y ago

That article says the exact opposite of what you claim: > The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed victory to Verizon by rejecting the legal framework of the Federal Communications Commission's attempt to regulate the telecom giant and its peers based on net neutrality rules. Such net neutrality, or open Internet, rules aim to prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) such as Verizon from offering tiered broadband services that would push content providers—such as Netflix or Amazon—to pay more for faster delivery of their content. The rules also prevent ISPs from blocking lawful Internet applications and services. Wheeler was suing them to enforce NN standards! Here's and article[1] 2 years later after he successfully appealed that decision: > Tom Wheeler defeats the broadband industry: Net neutrality wins in court > The net neutrality order, passed over a year ago, is FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's signature move during a whirlwind time as head of the commission. [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-and-title-ii-win-in-court-as-isps-lose-case-against-fcc/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-a...