Internet Should Be Open, No Fast or Slow Lanes, Obama Says

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President Barack Obama called for the “strongest possible rules” to protect the open Internet, saying that there shouldn’t be “fast lanes” and high-speed service should be regulated.

Telecommunications companies oppose regulating Internet service and shares of Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., two cable companies that sell broadband service, fell at least 6 percent today.


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[ExodusNirvana]

O-Dog

 

[Apollo Kid]

So why did he appoint Tom Wheeler head of the FCC who was a lobbyist for cable companies?

 

[88m3]

Obama from left field

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

 

[Yapdatfool]

So why did he appoint Tom Wheeler head of the FCC who was a lobbyist for cable companies?

Cause he says one thing, and does the other like a true politician. All bark, no bite. He said it again so lets big him up for saying it

 

[The War Report]

Ted Cruz comparing to Net Neutrality to Obama Care.

 

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Ted Cruz Says Net Neutrality Is 'Obamacare For The Internet'

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ReutersSen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) came out swinging after President Barack Obama wholeheartedly endorsed new internet regulations Monday morning.

Cruz, who is mulling a run for president in 2016, compared the entire concept of "net neutrality" — which posits that internet companies should not be allowed to speed or slow down their services for certain users — to Obama's much-maligned healthcare reform.

'"Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government," Cruz wrote on Twitter.

Cruz's spokeswoman, Amanda Carpenter, added that net neutrality would place the government "in charge of determining pricing, terms of service, and what products can be delivered. Sound like Obamacare much?"

The Federal Communications Commission is forming rules to regulate whether internet service providers can charge certain websites for faster speeds, or, conversely, block or limit those who don't pay. According to a Wall Street Journal report last Friday, the rules are so complicated that the FCC most likely won't finish them until the end of the year.

On Monday, Obama called for the internet to be reclassified as a utility service.

"Ever since the internet was created, it's been organized around basic principles of openness, fairness, and freedom," Obama said in a video posted by the White House. "This set of principles — the idea of net neutrality — has unleashed the power of the internet and given innovators a chance to thrive. Abandoning these principles would threaten to end the internet as we know it."



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[ADevilYouKhow]

fcc is a joke

 

[Type Username Here]

Be very careful. He wants to put the internet at the total mercy of the FCC. If you read about the FCC, and who Obama appointed to take charge, you will quickly learn why this has the potential to be very bad. It's putting Larry Summers in charge all over again.

Much like the DMCA and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a total shift of the internet under the FCC will likely produce dire consequences.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Like i've said previously, fukk OBAMA. He's not worried about anyone but himself. If he's supporting it, i expect it favors big business and is likely bad for the american people.

 

[Family Man]

So why did he appoint Tom Wheeler head of the FCC who was a lobbyist for cable companies?

This is Obama talking out of both sides of his mouth again. His actions don't match his words.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

So why did he appoint Tom Wheeler head of the FCC who was a lobbyist for cable companies?

- That is uh, a very good and um, relevant question my good man. It's simple, what I've uh done here, is.....I've appointed uh, someone with intimate knowledge of how these huge media conglomerates work and uh I have faith, and uh, the American people should too, that Mr. Wheeler is going to use that knowledge to benefit the consumer. Tom Wheeler, he uh, he has my full support and he should have yours too.

 

[Apollo Kid]

- That is uh, a very good and um, relevant question my good man. It's simple, what I've uh done here, is.....I've appointed uh, someone with intimate knowledge of how these huge media conglomerates work and uh I have faith, and uh, the American people should too, that Mr. Wheeler is going to use that knowledge to benefit the consumer. Tom Wheeler, he uh, he has my full support and he should have yours too.