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"After weeks of public outcry over the proposal, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the agency would not allow for unfair, or "commercially unreasonable," business p
by joelcollinsdc 12y ago
"After weeks of public outcry over the proposal, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said the agency would not allow for unfair, or "commercially unreasonable," business practices. He wouldn't accept, for instance, practices that leave a consumer with slower downloads of some Web sites than what the consumer paid for from their Internet service provider."
From what I understand, your example would not be permissable. I know there are downsides to this, but a lot of the negative sentiment I see about this seems like an exaggeration which may not work in our favor.
- j2kun 12y agoComcast has regularly ignored rules set by the FCC in favor of long court battles (that they eventually won). In the mean time, consumers have to deal with it.
- danielweber 12y agoIf the worry is that Comcast won't follow the FCC rules, then why bother with anything?
- Karunamon 12y agoBy placing what they want to do so far out of the realm of legality that the court battle never happens. This entire scenario simply couldn't happen if internet were a Title 2 service.
- DannyBee 12y agoJust out of curiosity, what authority does FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler cite for his ability to do this, given the history of the FCC getting railed in court? How do we know this is not just FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to give Comcast exactly what it wants? "Oh well, we tried to block this deal, but that darn court stopped us!"