[opendtv] Re: Why states might win the net neutrality war against the FCC
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 07:06:24 -0500
On Feb 25, 2018, at 9:54 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That's a lie, of course, and anyone is free to read the telecom act of 1996
to prove this to themselves.
Perhaps you should do as you suggest. I’ve posted the relevant verbiage MANY
times here.
It is not a lie.
Just the kind of twisted, back-asswards thinking that only lawyers could
indulge in, and of course, the special interests that stand to gain from it.
*Obviously*, it is precisely because telecom service is used for interstate
commerce, that neutrality is required, and mandated. How absurd is it to
argue that it is in the interest of interstate commerce that your local ISP
can block or degrade whatever web sites they don't like.
There is nothing twisted here Bert. It is a simple matter of physics and the
reality of how the Internet works.
You love to talk about the reason we started regulating the telecoms a century
ago; the “requirement” that the telephone system required interconnection of
the independent telcos in order for it to work for everyone. A KEY part of this
interconnection is the long distance service.
Guess what. The states cannot regulate long distance rates; that is the
exclusive domain of the FCC because it has the exclusive authority to deal with
regulation of interstate services. The Internet is no different.
If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, chances are, it's a duck.
And you keep quacking and paddling along with your team of ducks.
Making a racket and endlessly repeating the talking points of the PRO Internet
Regulation flock is undermining your very limited credibility.
Regards
Craig
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