WOW, I never saw THIS coming: "Verizon CEO Wants To Charge You More If You Use Too Much Internet"

[woo me with science]

42. "No plans" is exactly what it is. They are aggressively doing nothing.

except ensuring that the ongoing consolidation of corporate control of the internet is not interrupted.

The Obama administration could direct the FCC to reclassify broadband right now, but they refuse. They are heavily funded by these corporate vultures, and they have no intention of interrupting that gravy train. Look at the opportunities they had this week, and how they responded. They declined to use the FCC to reclassify broadband. They declined to appeal the court ruling throwing out net neutrality rules. They flatly refuse to act on *any* of the things that they could do immediately to stop this consolidation of corporate power and defend net neutrality. Instead, we get vague, election year promises that they won't let anything bad happen from this increased corporate control that they are deliberately allowing to happen. They promise to rewrite the rules....sometime down the road.

It's an election year. The fact that they are kicking this can down the road when they could do some concrete things immediately and when doing something immediately would be immensely popular with the voters, shows clearly that their intentions are elsewhere.

That, and this administration's extensive history of pretty election year rhetoric versus actual action on behalf of corporate donors.

FCC won't appeal court ruling throwing out "net neutrality" rules
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024527150

White House says it won't direct FCC to reclassify broadband
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57619081-94/white-house-says-it-wont-direct-fcc-to-reclassify-broadband/

Revolving Door: Top Obama Admin Antitrust Officials Tied To Comcast
http://election.democraticunderground.com/10024497324

Comcast, Time Warner execs have been big Obama/Dem supporters
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024494813

Would Teddy Roosevelt have stood by while Comcast bought the internet?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024494701

110 years ago our president used the Sherman Act to DISMANTLE the trust that controlled RR lines...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4494306

Let's see.....Net neutrality is killed off. Then two largest cable/Intrnet companies merge
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024495645

US Plummets In Press Freedom Rankings
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024487392
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024488178