GOP Again Tries to Kill Net Neutrality With Spending Bill Rider The GOP continues to try and gut net neutrality using fine print. Republicans have buried an anti-net neutrality rider into a government spending bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing the agency's open Internet rules. Those rules were voted on in February and went into effect in June, though they're currently being challenged by ISPs in court.

quote: None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to regulate, directly or indirectly, the prices, other fees, or data caps and allowances (as such terms are described in paragraph 164 of the Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order in the matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet, adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on February 26, 2015. Should net neutrality opponents fail to include such sleeper provisions, they'll look to the broadband industry's multi-pronged lawsuit against the FCC to do the job. Should that fail, the only real way to deflate the rules would be by winning the 2016 Presidential election and appointing a new FCC boss dedicated to killing the net neutrality protections post appointment. With the government running on a stopgap funding measure that expires December 11, Congressional ISP allies are hoping to use the urgency to kill net neutrality. Specifically, the language inserted into the rider reads:Should net neutrality opponents fail to include such sleeper provisions, they'll look to the broadband industry's multi-pronged lawsuit against the FCC to do the job. Should that fail, the only real way to deflate the rules would be by winning the 2016 Presidential election and appointing a new FCC boss dedicated to killing the net neutrality protections post appointment.







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howsthis3

@charter.com 22 recommendations howsthis3 Anon So how are all the GOP defenders here going to defend this? And shit like this is just the tip of the iceberg if the GOP had total control.

IowaCowboy

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13 recommendations IowaCowboy Premium Member Third branch of government There is a third branch of government called the judicial branch and a federal law called the Sherman Antitrust Act that if enforced will be the end of Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon as we know it.



If that happens they'll basically only be running the physical plant, the control of data will be third party ISPs. Just like the railroad back in the day. Railroads were built with private money, they were broken up and now competing trains can use the tracks. The railroads are the reason for the Sherman Act.

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10 recommendations TIGERON Member from stop the cap : "The GOP is fighting to deliver a death-blow against Net Neutrality in a rider attached to an important financial services appropriations bill. If adopted, this single sentence would effectively kill Net Neutrality enforcement and allow providers to adopt data caps and usage-based billing without any regulatory oversight from the FCC:



None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to regulate, directly or indirectly, the prices, other fees, or data caps and allowances (as such terms are described in paragraph 164 of the Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order in the matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet, adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on February 26, 2015.



The rider, in effect, makes it illegal for the FCC to protect customers upset about usage-capped Internet. It would also prevent the FCC from intervening if a provider wrongly charged overlimit fees to customers."



if this passes, we are screwed.

C0deZer0

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Way to keep 'murica the laughing stock of the planet, jackasses. Crap like this is why we are dead last for internet service metrics - availability and speed, especially.Way to keep 'murica the laughing stock of the planet, jackasses.

n2jtx

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Glen Head, NY 7 recommendations n2jtx Member They All Drive Me Crazy I hate both major political parties so I have no favorites between the two of them. I keep wondering why the Republicans are so anti-consumer to the point of being rabid. Yes they are pro-business but it seems at times they would terminate every single consumer right we have because a CEO told them to. The Democrat's wouldn't do us middle class folks any favors either... pandora

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5 recommendations pandora Premium Member This will give Obama a chance to shut down government This will give Obama a chance to shut down government and blame Republicans. Republicans are on the wrong side of this issue from a policy standpoint, though it would be nice if Congress were to pass true net neutrality laws. Generally I prefer a law to a regulation. Laws survive court challenges better, and don't change with each new administration.

KrK

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2 recommendations KrK Premium Member It's more then just Net Neutrality.... They really want to gut the FCC... They actually want the FCC's authority and ability to do anything at all gutted. Their Corporate masters are cracking the whip, and this is why they keep trying over, and over, and over.



They know that eventually the public will get tired of the fight or fall asleep and not pay attention and they will win.