Full rules for protecting net neutrality released by FCC by Lisa Vaas
From the post:
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday lay down 400 pages worth of details on how it plans to regulate broadband providers as a public utility.
These are the rules – and their legal justifications – meant to protect net neutrality.
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Hardly the first word on net neutrality but it is a good centering point for much of the discussion that will follow. Think of using the document as a gateway into the larger discussion. A gateway that can lead you to interesting financial interests and relationships.
In response to provider claims about slow development of faster access and services, I would remind providers that the government built the Internet, it could certainly build another one. It could even contract out to Google to build one for it.
A WPA type project managed for quality purposes by Google. Then the government could lease equal access to it’s TB pipe. Changes the dynamics when it isn’t providers holding consumers hostage but a large competitor pushing against large providers.
PS: To anyone who thinks government competing with private business is “unfair,” given the conduct of private business, I wonder what you are using as a basis for comparison?