- WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it will write new rules to prevent Internet service providers from charging companies such as Netflix Inc. or Google Inc. a toll to reach consumers at the highest speeds.
The guidelines are expected to ban broadband Internet providers from blocking or slowing down access to websites. The rule making will be the FCC's third attempt in recent years at enforcing a concept known as "net neutrality."
This is called 'not paying attention', and when you're a professional politician whose decisions matter it should be illegal.At least one Republican FCC commissioner voiced dissent. "I am deeply concerned by the announcement that the FCC will begin considering new ways to regulate the Internet," FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly, a Republican, said. "Instead of fostering investment and innovation through deregulation, the FCC will be devoting its resources to adopting new rules without any evidence that consumers are unable to access the content of their choice."
I can't tell if it's willful ignorance or total corruption.
Or, put another way, "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Robert J. Hanlon