Here is one of many things Obama is doing wrong....
Obama Has Not Kept His Promise to Enforce Net Neutrality
Anna Eshoo, the ranking Democrat on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and congressional representative for parts of Silicon Valley, isn’t fooled by the new wording. “Like many Internet users, I fear that the latest round of proposed net neutrality rules from the FCC will not do enough to curtail discrimination of Internet traffic, but rather leave the door open to discrimination under more ambiguous terms,” she says. “Fundamentally, consumers and businesses must be protected from actions by online gatekeepers that threaten free speech, harm competition or diminish the continued openness of the Internet.” Eshoo needs to tell that not just to Wheeler but to the man in the White House who appointed him. Barack Obama promised in the 2008 and 2012 campaigns that he would enforce net neutrality, but he has not kept that promise.
Any time you see any politician use the word "Fundamentally" you are about to get "F'ed" and it isn't all that fundamental either.
So are you for or against net neutrality mt?
More that the Obama administration is @#$ing up:
DC thinks it can silence a new Snowden, but the anti-leak hypocrisy is backfiring
After Edward Snowden caught the US government with its pants down, you would think the keepers of this country's secrets might stand up for a little more transparency, not bend over backwards trying to control the message.
Instead, this week we found out the Most Transparent Administration in American History™ has implemented a new anti-press policy that would make Richard Nixon blush. National intelligence director James Clapper, the man caught lying to Congress from an "unauthorized" leak by Snowden, issued a directive to the employees of all 17 intelligence agencies barring all employees from any "unauthorized" contact with the press.
So are you for or against net neutrality mt?
if consumers weren't so apathetic this debate would be null...
vote with your dollars, go with the ISP that doesn't align against "net neutrality" concepts.
More on net neutrality from the guardian:
Internet service providers charging for premium access hold us all to ransom
The Federal Communications Commission, America's telcoms regulator, has formulated a plan to allow internet service providers (ISPs) to charge companies for the right to "premium" access to its customers. This is the worst internet policy news imaginable. It should strike terror into the heart of anyone who cares about fairness, politics, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, fair trade, entrepreneurship, or innovation. The FCC now stands as the world's foremost symbol for "regulatory capture," and its chairman – a former cable executive lobbyist – is the poster child for an unhealthy relationship between industry and its regulators.
So are you for or against net neutrality mt?
I'm all for leaving it like it is. When people start changing things, they can make a turd sound like a gold nugget hence the Affordable Care Act. But if they were to tell you what the real story is, you wouldn't buy it.
COMMUNITY GROUPS WERE DUPED INTO JOINING THE TELECOM INDUSTRY'S ANTI-NET-NEUTRALITY COALITION (caps not mine)
What do an environmental group in Ohio, a small military radio program, and a network of rural hospitals in Texas all have in common? They appear on a list of coalition members for a group pressuring the government to abandon net neutrality—rules to prevent broadband providers from creating internet fast and slow lanes—but claim they did not intend to sign up for any such advocacy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU#t=205
In Harm's Way: The Dangers of a World Without Net Neutrality
Last month the FCC released its proposal for America’s new network neutrality rules. Unfortunately, the agency’s proposal included rules that would permit Internet providers to prioritize certain websites, e.g., make deals with some services for a faster and better path to subscribers. While the FCC claims it is not endorsing such deals, the proposed rules will inevitably be read as exactly that.
The parties most threatened by this kind of network discrimination are those who are trying to make novel and unanticipated uses of the network and who cannot afford payola.
But innovators need more than a level playing field – they need specific details about how Internet providers manage their networks so that they can figure out how best to maintain current offerings and develop new products. To see why, let’s fill in some blanks.
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