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That was the beauty of it. You had the chairman of the FCC right out there talking pure stuff and nonsense, with everyone mostly carrying on as if anything he s
by polynomial 4y ago
That was the beauty of it. You had the chairman of the FCC right out there talking pure stuff and nonsense, with everyone mostly carrying on as if anything he said made actual sense. Very disorienting time that was.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI recall the common sentiment, at least on HN, was that Pai was an asshat and in the pockets of ISPs.
- willis936 4y agoI have yet to talk to someone who thinks differently. I am still convinced that the call for public opinion, which had a strong grassroots effort online to support net neutrality, was in some way tampered by the FCC. They used it as justification for killing Net Neutrality. It blows my mind that there still has not been an investigation after all of these years. It was the most blatant corruption I've seen in my lifetime.
- polynomial 4y agoI haven't followed the specifics closely, but I thought it finally came out, through some office or court, that the FCC had, in fact most definitely tampered with a major public "vote" concerning Net Neutrality. I don't have the particulars here, but recall it was something that was very obvious when it happened, but took some years to prove.
- jpadkins 4y agoThe biggest conspiracy theory is that the government cares about you, or is responsive to public opinion. There is no evidence supporting this outlandish theory.
- xbar 4y agoPrecisely. Everyone knew he was a Verizon/ATT corposhill. There have been a bunch of more corrupt appointments, but he was a standout for anyone who paid attention to any news about technology.
- antifa 4y agoThere were also a surprsing amount of anti NN people commenting at the time. You just wouldn't expect so many on a supposedly educated and sophisticated tech forum like HN.