FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote

Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by anigbrowl on Thursday February 26, 2015 @03:45PM (#9115346)

It's disingenuous to call an opposing opinion "astro-turfing" in an attempt to discredit them. There are 700 total rules to the regulation. We haven't been able to see one of them. This doesn't concern you in any way?

No, because this is the norm - the commissioners draw up a proposal, vote on it, then it's published in the Federal Register as a 'notice of proposed rulemaking,' witht he text of the proposed rule in full, and there is a comment period. Following that, the FCC publishes a 'notice of adoption of final rule,' which may or may not include changes based on the submitted comments. the process is summarized here: http://www.fcc.gov/rulemaking

Most people were afraid to talk about it because the HN community typically down votes everyone to hell that has opposing opinions.

Spare us the ad hominem attacks. Substantive arguments generally do just fine on HN. Rayiner, for example, has been making substantie arguments against the idea of Title II classification for months and it hasn't done his standing any harm whatsoever.

What happened to open and honest discussions?

It's not honest to pretend that this rulemaking process is somehow different and worse from the normal one that has been in place for years.

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by baddox on Thursday February 26, 2015 @04:36PM (#9115676)

> No, because this is the norm

Yes, the norm concerns me.

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by anigbrowl on Thursday February 26, 2015 @05:12PM (#9115922)

I don't buy it.

What's wrong with the existing procedure, specifically? Why is it not adequate to view and comment on it at the time it is published in the Federal Register as a proposed rule? This is, after all, the whole point of the Federal Register.

Where was the pressure to change this rulemaking procedure over the last X years before this particular issue came up?

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by baddox on Thursday February 26, 2015 @06:00PM (#9116182)

I have no experience in how to aggregate opinions in order to make policy decisions. I don't directly have a problem with the specific procedure. My concern comes from the historical results of US regulatory agencies, which I am not impressed by. I do not know if the public commenting process has a significant effect on those results.

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