- When President Obama picked Tom Wheeler to lead the Federal Communications Commission in May 2013, our headline was, “Uh-oh: AT&T and Comcast are ecstatic about the FCC’s new chairman.”
They’re not happy anymore, especially not after Wheeler yesterday all but confirmed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that he will propose reclassifying Internet providers as common carriers in order to impose net neutrality rules. This would expose broadband to some of the FCC’s strongest powers contained in Title II of the Communications Act, usually reserved for wireline phone service
We'll see. I'll believe Wheeler isn't just pandering when the reclassification actually happens. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. I cancelled my Verizon plan the day they won the DC case.Verizon supports the open Internet. To apply 1930s-era utility regulation to the Internet under Title II reclassification, would be a radical reversal
I don't know, I think we may be seeing a new era in the Obama presidency. He's talking about free community college education etc. Could be that he's turning in to the liberal most of his supporters thought they were voting for and as such, is asking that his appointees be the same. But, I too will remain cautiously optimistic.
The "fuck it, cooperation didn't work and I'm a lame duck anyway let's ram through some liberal shit" era, I think. Frankly, I'm heartened. This is the point where most presidents start focusing on either (a) legacy or (b) getting the VP elected and since nobody is seriously considering Biden for president, legacy it is.I don't know, I think we may be seeing a new era in the Obama presidency.