FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality

Re:FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality by gtaylor on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @11:50AM (#8997866)

I think the most likely possibility is that the telcos attack this to the point where it gets de-fanged or turned away entirely. Part of congress is already mobilizing against this movement.

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Re:FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality by phkahler on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @01:05PM (#8998425)

>> Part of congress is already mobilizing against this movement.

An unusually large segment of the public is paying attention to this. To kill it will require actively voting in favor of a bill. Seems like a big career risk for a politician.

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Re:FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality by zipwitch on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @02:16PM (#8998972)

America's post-facto bribery and sinecure system will ensure that politicians who lose their office for efforts on behalf of their corporate overlords will be well cared for.

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Re:FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @12:20PM (#8998091)

Opponents of net neutrality can probably get a majority in the House, but probably not a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and in any case not veto-proof in either House, which, given that the President has made this publicly a priority, limits the prospect for any legislative rollback.

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Re:FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality by mark-r on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @12:47PM (#8998284)

New elections for a President and 1/3 of the Senate are less than 2 years away.

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