https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-349444A1.pdf
This is what the Chairman said today:
"The Ninth Circuit's decision is a significant win for American consumers.
Among other things, it reaffirms that the Federal Trade Commission will once
again be able to police Internet service providers after the Restoring Internet
Freedom Order takes effect. In the months and years ahead, we look forward to
working closely with the FTC to ensure the protection of a free and open
Internet."
I guess the circuit court approved having the FTC police ISPs. "Significant
win," he says. So our phony, disingenuous crook of a Chairman makes it sound
like consumers had lost all protections, and now they are restored. How exactly
is blocking and throttling a win for consumers? How is that that the extremist
half-wits are so freakin' STUPID?
To prove my point, the FCC goes on to explain:
"The FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom Order reversed a 2015 agency decision to
reclassify broadband Internet access service as a Title II common carrier
service. This 2015 decision stripped the FTC of its traditional authority to
protect consumers and promote competition with respect to Internet service
providers because the FTC does not have jurisdiction over common carrier
activities."
Imagine that. A common carrier, classified as a common carrier, and mandated to
be neutral, was a tremendous loss of protection for consumers, according to
this FCC. As the other article explained, maybe this crook is going to be
hoisted by his own petard. The FCC may now have no authority to prevent states
from setting things right. Let's hope.
I would truly be ashamed to work for such a crook.
Bert
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