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Ichingcarpenter

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29. The FCC — under the leadership of former Chairman Julius Genachowski

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Thu Apr 24, 2014, 08:12 AM

Apr 2014

appointed by Obama made a grave mistake when it failed to ground its open Internet rules on solid legal footing. Internet users will pay dearly for the previous chairman’s lack of political will. That’s why we need to fix the problems the agency could have avoided in the first place.

Media watchdog and advocacy agency Free Press released the following statement about the decision via President and CEO Craig Aaron, condemning it while also acknowledging that the Open Internet Order probably wasn’t the best possible solution for enforcing net neutrality:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/14/fcc-open-internet-order-struck-down/

So this guy just retired and now he's going to work for

The Carlyle Group

On January 6, 2014, it was announced that Genachowski returned to the corporate world to take a post at The Carlyle Group. There he will reportedly concentrate on global technology, media, and telecommunications investments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Genachowski

Nothing to see here folks move along.

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Obama pledges Net neutrality laws if elected president [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 OP

We techies have been screaming about this for years Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #1

Regulatory capture by the Oligarths Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #2

I don't doubt it Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #4

One chart describes it all Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #7

campaign as a democrat,then when you get elected.... nt msongs Apr 2014 #3

Well that's a ''compasionist conservate'' way of putting it Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #5

So... jberryhill Apr 2014 #14

Yep. I'm furious about this. NC_Nurse Apr 2014 #6

Pretty soon We might not be able to find Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #8

Where is your comment from January? jberryhill Apr 2014 #15

OBAMA’S BAD PICK: A FORMER LOBBYIST AT THE F.C.C. Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #18

Nonetheless how do you explain the NN rules which were enacted? jberryhill Apr 2014 #22

Obama won't put up with this. We need to elect him. Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #25

It wasn't his appointee who struck down the rules jberryhill Apr 2014 #28

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Apr 2014 #9

Damn, I wish that guy had been elected. Scuba Apr 2014 #10

^^^this^^^ L0oniX Apr 2014 #41

Another promise kept n2doc Apr 2014 #11

Where were you when the previous rules were made? jberryhill Apr 2014 #24

So, where's teh Y? Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #30

It is between teh W and teh Z jberryhill Apr 2014 #36

So you don't actually have a response Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #37

The FCC can at any time choose to reclassify broadband as a public utility Dragonfli Apr 2014 #45

It's just another lame "Obama bad" meme treestar Apr 2014 #44

you never loved him anyway... KG Apr 2014 #12

Federal Appeal Court Strikes Net Neutrality Rule jberryhill Apr 2014 #13

I guess he had good lawyers Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #16

Yes, that's how a case gets to an appeals court jberryhill Apr 2014 #20

Again, where is the attempt to minimise harm? Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #31

What is the subject of this thread? jberryhill Apr 2014 #33

Um, maybe Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #38

Such facts don't help spread the outrage. So they tend to get overlooked. JoePhilly Apr 2014 #17

So was his pick of Wheeler Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #19

Ah, Wheeler made the court do it jberryhill Apr 2014 #23

It's kind of hard to overlook... jberryhill Apr 2014 #21

Here is a quote from your link.... dotymed Apr 2014 #27

Once again... jberryhill Apr 2014 #32

Outstanding response ... and it applies in situations beyond this situation. JoePhilly Apr 2014 #34

First of all dotymed Apr 2014 #39

I'm sure the OP will be edited to include the missing information anytime now... Chathamization Apr 2014 #42

Net Neutrality Demsrule86 Apr 2014 #26

This thread is not about net neutrality jberryhill Apr 2014 #35

The FCC — under the leadership of former Chairman Julius Genachowski Ichingcarpenter Apr 2014 #29

Exactly.... Recommend this post. KoKo Apr 2014 #40

... warrprayer Apr 2014 #43

"Change that we can believe in" vs the change that we can see. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #46

Too bad we didn't elect that guy as President ... 1000words Apr 2014 #47