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Re:FCC ignored your net neutrality comment unless you made ‘... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday November 23, 2017 @06:56PM (#15768655)
> So an actual analysis (which would necessarily include predictions that are not certain) of the impact of a decision is irrelevant?

Political appointees are entirely within their power to ignore such comments.

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Re:FCC ignored your net neutrality comment unless you made ‘... by yladiz on Thursday November 23, 2017 @07:20PM (#15768737)
Are you sure? To change or reverse a rule within the government pretty much every agency has to take into account public comments for a period of time before the change.
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Re:FCC ignored your net neutrality comment unless you made ‘... by TheCoelacanth on Friday November 24, 2017 @11:43AM (#15771696)
They are not within their power to ignore any comments. They don't have to agree with any of the comments or reach the same conclusion that any of the comments argues for, but they are required by law to take all comments into consideration.
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