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Can you elaborate on other possible plans?

• otterley 12y ago
  The problem is that the FCC is bounded by the authority given to it by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Act was passed about 5 years before the Internet became a ubiquitous service unto itself (as opposed to a healthy selection of cheap dialup providers) and wasn't written with today's realities in mind. What really needs to happen IMO is "none of the above" - Congress needs to get its act together and pass a revised Telecommunications Act that reflects reality, so that the FCC has more flexibility to regulate beyond choosing a regulatory box to fit ISPs in ("information service" and the weak regulation that entails, vs. "telecommunications service" and the common carrier overhead that entails).
  • cordite 12y ago
    I fear that congress would just pass whatever lobbyists hand them.
  • fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
    >Congress needs to get its act together and pass a revised Telecommunications Act that reflects reality That's a more proper solution, but it is pretty clear that this Congress isn't able to do anything of the sort, and IMO we can't wait for another one to come along.
• eli 12y ago
  Well, I think simply granting the FCC the authority to bring back the "open internet" rules that were in place until a court struck them down early this year.