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The plan? Government control through "conditional approval" process and making it more costly to own a router than rent one from a consumer internet provider.
by iAMkenough 7mo ago
The plan? Government control through "conditional approval" process and making it more costly to own a router than rent one from a consumer internet provider.
- gambiting 7mo agoBut....your ISP also has to procure a router from somewhere. Or are they just going to slap a sticker that says "verizon" on it and say it was made in the USA now?
- everyday7732 7mo agoThey'll get a special government exemption, in return for accepting additional voluntary government oversight or some other under the table favour system.
- iAMkenough 7mo agoThat's why there's a "conditional approval" process attached to this rule.
- vincnetas 7mo agothis is basically saying "you cant do anything unless i allow you to (and i might for a price)" in contrast to when government should just say "these are the things that you cant do, anything else is ok".