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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by cratermoon on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:10PM (#9114586)
> We haven't been able to see one of them

How is that different from the other FCC policies? It's only the opposition echo chamber repeating the "secret Obama plan to control the Internet" spin.

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by paulhauggis on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:11PM (#9114598)
It's not. Things need to change.
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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by warfangle on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:26PM (#9114749)
Then be prepared to change the rules that _all_ independent regulatory bodies with a voting commission operate under. Because this is SOP.
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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by dragonwriter on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:32PM (#9114805)
> Then be prepared to change the rules that _all_ independent regulatory bodies with a voting commission operate under. Because this is SOP.

Its actually pretty much all regulatory bodies -- its just there is no formal "vote" in regular executive branch hierarchies before a regulatory action is adopted. But they still don't publish the internal drafts that are considered before they are adopted (they do sometimes publish NPRMs before final rules, but the FCC did that in this case, too.)

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by baddox on Thursday February 26, 2015 @04:37PM (#9115681)
I would love to change the rules that all independent regulatory bodies with a voting commission operate under. The SOP is really bad.
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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by cratermoon on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:29PM (#9114780)
How many times in the past did the FCC vote on internet or broadcast policies using the same process as this one resulting in regulations that protected special interests at the expense of consumers?
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