Democratic FCC Commissioner asks for proposed net neutrality regulations to be scaled back
Earlier this month FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released his recommended net neutrality regulations. However “released” is probably not the right word to use for nothing is known by the American people about these potential regulations because only the five FCC Commissioners have been allowed to see the regulations and they have been placed under a gag order.
This led one of the two Republican Commissioners to come out swinging against the recommendations–going so far as to call this “Barack Obama’s plan to regulate the internet.” Of course proponents of the net neutrality regulations–who have no idea what is actually contained within–to naturally claim this was a partisan hack job.
Well that changed today because with the vote just two days away one of the Democratic Commissioners, Mignon Clyburn, has asked Tom Wheeler to scale back the proposed regulations.
Here is more:
A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission wants to narrow the scope of new net neutrality rules that are set for a vote on Thursday, The Hill has learned.
Mignon Clyburn, one of three Democrats on the FCC, has asked Chairman Tom Wheeler to roll back some of the restrictions before the full commission votes on them, FCC officials said.
The request — which Wheeler has yet to respond to — puts the chairman in the awkward position of having to either roll back his proposals, or defend the tough rules and convince Clyburn to back down.
If Mignon Clyburn does not back down it would appear as if these new regulations will fail in Thursday’s vote, however we can expect her to face heavy pressure from Barack Obama. Can she stand up to the pressure or will she wilt? Only time will tell but I would be surprised if in the end she did not toe the Democratic line.
It is hard to hold an opinion on these regulations because we do not know what they are and this is precisely why they are hidden behind the veil. The last time Tom Wheeler attempted to foist net neutrality on the American people it was stopped when the American people rose up against it.
In a blog post at the time, Commissioner Clyburn noted, “over 100,000 Americans have spoken” via email, calls and letters. Commissioner Rosenworcel added that she also wanted the FCC to delay consideration of the rules after the torrent of public response.
And now it is back and it appears as if in order to keep the American people at bay Tom Wheeler did not make the regulations less offensive to those who spoke out against them, but rather is attempting to keep them quiet by keeping them in the dark and this is even more offensive to me.
And this is coming from the most open, honest, and transparent administration in United States history…
Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium
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I just read that it will effect paid cable and programming. Supposedly a little clause in the “proposed” rule change. No surprise I guess. Bye Bye Fox.
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I would not be surprised at all. There is much more to this than we are being led to believe and that is why they have to pass it before we can see what is in it!
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I’ll keep my fingers crossed; but I won’t hold my breath.
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She did stop it once so there is hope…but I wouldn’t hold my breath!
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I hear that there is one Dem on the FCC committee that is rethinking their vote…is that possible?
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This is the you need to pass it to know what is in it bs. Just call it obamanet, just as bad as the crapcare he sold this country on.
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Exactly!
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It looks like the Democrat who stopped it the last time is also balking this time. I am sure since that last vote the regime has dug up some dirt on her though…
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What fueled the American revolution was writing; that, these totalitarians fear … Greed and fear drive the power hungry.
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You are exactly right. There is too much freedom here for their liking! Wasn’t it John Kerry who said we have too much access to information?
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A scaled back version leaves the door open to incremental draconian measures later. Under the guise of helping the little guy and stepping on the jugular of big business these rules will do just the opposite; slower service and higher fees. The big boys/girls- mustn’t be sexist- will make out like bandits ensuring their complicity. …as the noose tightens. This is my take on it.
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Yeah, once the door is open, even if it is scaled down, over time everything that is in this will eventually be passed. If not more…
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I think no one is appreciating the history of regulations and how they led to the current monopolized state of the internet service provider industry. Net Neutrality will only make things worse.
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I could not agree more!
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OT: I found this over at Drudgereport.com by a guy called “Joe”, it actually made sense what he said and we should all be highly pissed, when you think about it THIS way:
Is this the kind of cooperation Obama is calling for?
Here are the 2,400 pages of ObamaCare legislation condensed to 4 sentences.
As humorous as this sounds … every last word of it is absolutely TRUE!
1} In order to insure the uninsured, we first have to un-insure the insured.
2} Next, we require the newly uninsured to be re-insured.
3} To re-insure the newly uninsured, they are required to pay extra charges to be re-insured.
4} The extra charges are required so that the original insured, who became uninsured,
and then became re-insured, can pay enough extra so that the original uninsured can be insured, which will be free of charge to them.
And, This? ladies and gentlemen, is called “redistribution of wealth” ….
or, by its more common name, SOCIALISM.
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That really does sum it all up, thanks for sharing!
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