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Members of Congress rake FCC over the coals in official net neutrality comment

by mikro on 8/7/17, 4:34 AM with 23 comments

• by sam_goody on 8/7/17, 11:01 AM

  From a political point of view, it is in the interest of more and more congressman to openly support this letter (which has lots of ticks: non-binding, popular, subtly-anti-Trump..)

  Which IMO is a good thing. Practically, (ie. non-cynical for its own sake) we should ask as many senators for their opinion as possible, and make the FCC's position even more unpopular within Washington. Leading to (hopefully) more defection within FCC by members that worry about their future careers.

• by mikeash on 8/7/17, 3:10 PM

  What a surprise, there's a "D" next to everyone's name. I agree with their sentiment, but nobody with power is going to care in the least. Might as well be "Old Man Yells At Cloud."

• by polotics on 8/7/17, 6:27 AM

  Thanks for this post. The notion of separating legislative, executive and judiciary powers is under attack from a new model, not sure how best to define that new thing though: "financial, moneyed, social media"?

• by martin1975 on 8/7/17, 6:45 AM

  Has anyone put together a solid position on how QoS would operate in a world of net neutrality? QoS for particular services that might need it pretty much guarantees some packets will go ahead of others. My question or dilemma is, can QoS work while preventing abuses like abridging freedom of speech?

• by anilgulecha on 8/7/17, 6:39 AM

  To US law experts: does this letter carry any legal weight towards forcing FCC to act in favour of net-neutrality?