Workers Independent News: 11/22/2010
Is it important for a federal agency to have authority over high speed Internet connectivity?
A new report from Free Press called “Restoring FCC Authority to Make Broadband Policy: A Way forward after Comcast v. FCC” suggests the FCC needs to relabel broadband as telecommunications so the FCC can have clear legal authority.
Tim Wu, University Law School Professor and author of the book Master Switch, explained that the current way the FCC approaches broadband is chaotic. He said there is a historical precedent for reclassifying authority.
Wu: It’s pretty clear to me that the argument that this is somehow going to dampen incentives or prove a problem for Internet innovation given the fact that this has always been the law.
The report finds that the current classification of broadband makes it difficult for the commission to move forward with implementing the national broadband plan and impedes movement toward universal broadband access.
Rightardia agrees. We have been subjected to abuse on the Internet by right wingers who have impersonated our blog, spammed our Usenet messages and also posted spam and obscenities on this blog. We had to discontinue allowing anonymous comments after two years and enforce Open ID logons to stop the spam and obscenities.
Broadband has been a reality for two decades now. dial-up was replaced with digital ISDN, frame relay and DSL. Optical cable seems to be the choice for homes, but wireless broadband such as 4G and 3G networks also provides the Internet to handheld devices.
All of this should be regulated by a single federal agency. Some people don't belong on the Internet and there access should be suspended when they abuse their Internet privileges. Others should be banned permanently.
Driving on the Internet is not that different form driving a car. There are 'rules to the Internet highway."
We need civil discourse on the Internet. America is no longer the Wild West. If someone can't control themselves on the Net, suspend their Internet privileges for 90-days. Perhaps they will wake up. If they don't , permanently ban them!
Federal cyberstaling statutes are discuseed here. See http://www.cyberguards.com/CyberStalking.html
All of the 50 states have State Cyberstalking, Cyberharassment and Cyberbullying Laws, but if the stalker is out of state, the federal laws would apply. See http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13495
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The wingnut view of Internet regulation
Is it important for a federal agency to have authority over high speed Internet connectivity?
A new report from Free Press called “Restoring FCC Authority to Make Broadband Policy: A Way forward after Comcast v. FCC” suggests the FCC needs to relabel broadband as telecommunications so the FCC can have clear legal authority.
Tim Wu, University Law School Professor and author of the book Master Switch, explained that the current way the FCC approaches broadband is chaotic. He said there is a historical precedent for reclassifying authority.
Wu: It’s pretty clear to me that the argument that this is somehow going to dampen incentives or prove a problem for Internet innovation given the fact that this has always been the law.
The report finds that the current classification of broadband makes it difficult for the commission to move forward with implementing the national broadband plan and impedes movement toward universal broadband access.
Rightardia agrees. We have been subjected to abuse on the Internet by right wingers who have impersonated our blog, spammed our Usenet messages and also posted spam and obscenities on this blog. We had to discontinue allowing anonymous comments after two years and enforce Open ID logons to stop the spam and obscenities.
Broadband has been a reality for two decades now. dial-up was replaced with digital ISDN, frame relay and DSL. Optical cable seems to be the choice for homes, but wireless broadband such as 4G and 3G networks also provides the Internet to handheld devices.
All of this should be regulated by a single federal agency. Some people don't belong on the Internet and there access should be suspended when they abuse their Internet privileges. Others should be banned permanently.
Driving on the Internet is not that different form driving a car. There are 'rules to the Internet highway."
We need civil discourse on the Internet. America is no longer the Wild West. If someone can't control themselves on the Net, suspend their Internet privileges for 90-days. Perhaps they will wake up. If they don't , permanently ban them!
Federal cyberstaling statutes are discuseed here. See http://www.cyberguards.com/CyberStalking.html
All of the 50 states have State Cyberstalking, Cyberharassment and Cyberbullying Laws, but if the stalker is out of state, the federal laws would apply. See http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13495
Rightardia feed: feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/IGiu
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