Politics FCC trying to classify the internet as a utility

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  1. LSUpride123

    LSUpride123 PureBlood

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    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Depends on what's in the fine print
     
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    While the proposed rules have changed over the years of debate, this newest installment of proposed changes would ban the blocking, slowing, or speeding up of websites for payment.
     
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    No time to check it out right now, may have to see what Red says, if he likes it then I may have to oppose on principal
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    You have the right to be a doofus. Anything you say can and will be used against you.
     
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    You my boy bl...red
     
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    Apparently, the FCC is going to "modernize" Title II specific for ISP's.
     
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    mancha Alabama morghulis

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    We will all pay a tax for those protections.
     

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