Re:As Republicans Concede, F.C.C. Is Expected to Enforce Net...
by tzs on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @12:55AM
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> 300+ pages is not "much shorter" than 332.
The actual regulations are 8 pages. Then there are 79 pages of citations to the Communications Act. The rest is a summary of the public feedback and the reasoning for Wheeler's decisions. [1]
I think 8 pages counts as much shorter than 332.
> Once new FCC powers are in place, do you actually think we have a chance at getting rid of them? History says no.
There are no new powers. The FCC has always had the power to decide if ISPs should be regulated under Title I or Title II. Hence, the current FCC deciding to regulate under Title II with forbearance does not make it easier for a future FCC to regulate under Title II without forbearance.
> There is a reason the FCC doesn't want the public to go through the proposal..and it is most likely not good.
They will go public with the proposal, as soon as they HAVE a proposal. Right now, the FCC does not have a proposal. Tom Wheeler has a proposal. It doesn't become the FCC's proposal until the full Commission votes.
Then it gets published, and we have at least 30 days to comment. If 30 days is not enough, it can be extended. That's what happened last year, when Wheeler's first proposal (which didn't use Title II) was passed by the Commission and made public. They received so many comments they greatly extended the comment period.
After the comment period is when the FCC makes the decision to accept the proposal as law or not. Last year, the did not, and went back to the drawing board to come up with something that addressed the concerns of the overwhelming majority of the commenters.
The actual regulations are 8 pages. Then there are 79 pages of citations to the Communications Act. The rest is a summary of the public feedback and the reasoning for Wheeler's decisions. [1]
I think 8 pages counts as much shorter than 332.
> Once new FCC powers are in place, do you actually think we have a chance at getting rid of them? History says no.
There are no new powers. The FCC has always had the power to decide if ISPs should be regulated under Title I or Title II. Hence, the current FCC deciding to regulate under Title II with forbearance does not make it easier for a future FCC to regulate under Title II without forbearance.
> There is a reason the FCC doesn't want the public to go through the proposal..and it is most likely not good.
They will go public with the proposal, as soon as they HAVE a proposal. Right now, the FCC does not have a proposal. Tom Wheeler has a proposal. It doesn't become the FCC's proposal until the full Commission votes.
Then it gets published, and we have at least 30 days to comment. If 30 days is not enough, it can be extended. That's what happened last year, when Wheeler's first proposal (which didn't use Title II) was passed by the Commission and made public. They received so many comments they greatly extended the comment period.
After the comment period is when the FCC makes the decision to accept the proposal as law or not. Last year, the did not, and went back to the drawing board to come up with something that addressed the concerns of the overwhelming majority of the commenters.
[1] http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/republican-fcc-commissio...