Federal Court Nixes FCC Net Neutrality Ruling
Apr 6, 2010, 10:21 AM by Eric M. Zeman
A federal appeals court has sided with Comcast and negated the Federal Communication's Commission's citation against Comcast (issued in 2008) for throttling internet traffic. The FCC had scolded Comcast for reducing the broadband speeds of users who accessed high-bandwidth file-sharing services. The appeals court says that the FCC doesn't have the authority to issue such citations nor to govern how private companies run their networks. The court said in its ruling, "The commission has failed to tie its assertion of ancillary authority over Comcast's Internet service to any statutorily mandated responsibility." The decision could have a wide-spread affect on how net neutrality is addressed in the future.
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Take that FCC!!!!!
FREE MARKET!!!!!
I suspect that doesn't matter, and you just wanted to cheer on the "free market".
So, while cheering, remember that the "free market" has enabled u...
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Greeeaaaat.....
This ruling pushes us one step closer to having it.
It is a good thing.
and no, your ISP is not throttling you if you're using hulu/youtube/netflix. they are throttling you if you're us...
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TIME TO CALL PRESIDENT RABACK OBAMA!
SEC gonna be all "yo we didn't mean no harm we just playinG!"
YES WE CAN!!!!
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This ruling is NOT about Net Neutrality
Let me put it another way:
The FCC made their ruling against Comcast SOLELY based off of the current opinion of their governmental body.
This means that if someone else was running the show (and they didn't like bit torrent) they could've legislated that ISP's MUST limit the largest abusers of bandwidth so that everyone has a consistent level of service. How would all you "capitalism is evil" posters be reacting then? I bet you would be PRAISING the federal court for their ruling right now.
And that's the issue.
Net Neutrality is important, but it needs to be LAW, not just something that is enforced based off of the...
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and SEC have authority??
it' my freaking money, why is the government telling me what i can or can not do with my freaking money??
if you have 25,000$ in your stock account, you can daytrades as many times as you wish!
but if you poor and dont have 25,000$, you only allow to daytrade 3 times in 5 days period. isnt this discrimination?
it' like going to casino, if you bet 100$ per game, you allow to leave anytime you wish. but if you poor and bet 20$ a game, you not allow to leave the table until you played 8 hours??
