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Dragonfli

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8. It is a good thing the FCC is not headed by an industry insider
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 08:24 PM
Apr 2014

Or else there would be no will or inclination to re-classify broadband as a public utility blocking the ability of profit to rig traffic.

Oh wait, an industry insider was appointed and we got screwed.

A Good article at Mother Jones worth the read

The part relevant to the role the FCC is failing to play in all of this

The Commission has also decided for now against reclassifying broadband as a public utility, which would subject ISPs to much greater regulation.


Well, you know what they say, "You get what you pay for", and the real people my friend (not the way more deserving corporate people) could not afford to buy an appointee that would look out for them, serves us right I guess for being a collective of broke ass serfs.

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