Ahh, Memory Lane..."Obama's Bad Pick: A Former [Cable Industry] Lobbyist at the FCC"

[Maven]

18. I'm not backing down at all. You're simply wrong, you don't understand how to read the decision

you've cited, and are now relying on blanket statements and false analogies to make your point.

The fact is the FCC has the power within its own rulemaking authority to classify ISPs as telecommunications services instead of information services. Doing so would make broadband providers akin to "common carriers" for the purpose of the Telecommunications Acts of 1934 and 1996. The fact that they failed to do so is why the appeals court in January struck down the net neutrality rules, because the FCC was seeking to regulate an "information service" in the way only "telecommunications services" can be regulated. In other words, the FCC hamstrung itself with its own classification. The fact that Tom Wheeler has now decided to give Comcast et al exactly what they want on a silver platter, instead of reclassifying broadband or at least attempting to rewrite the rules to withstand judicial scrutiny, is part and parcel of appointing a cable and wireless industry shill to the administrative body that regulates the wireless and cable industries. Period. End of story.

I actually want to thank you, because you've forced me to put together a body of references documenting why exactly this is a corporatist cave by the FCC. Have a good day.