Either Oprahma forgot that the election was last week, or the proposed law has some anti-liberty language that should be removed before implementation.

While not my favorite lib, John Oliver nailed Net Neutrality perfectly here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRr...

Gotta love Ted Cruz: "Obamacare for the Internet". :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...

So the government sets up the "independent" FCC to regulate communications and the most progressive President in history asks them not to regulate communications. I would have been impressed if he said the FCC has outlasted it's usefulness.

The low information voters will only hear he wants to keep the internet "free and open." Why does everything coming out of his mouth mean something else?

20 years ago I remember reading a debate (probably on FidoNet) about deregulating communications technology tended to believe the argument that deregulation was just a way to make phone calls and cable TV more expensive. That was completely wrong. All communication got better and cheaper.

I don't know if this is the same, but I suspect it is. The difference is the Internet has removed gatekeepers to publishing and made it possible to produce content down the long tail. I'm sure the gatekeepers would love to go back to the old days. When I hear about NetNeutrality, it sounds like avoiding a return to gatekeepers and content only geared to a broad audience. Going back to the old days, though, is impossible. I don't think it takes gov't action to avoid.

I think it's similar to the complain people make about the old Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS). It provided everyone from 911 dispatch in an urban area to a house in the countryside the same reliability and cost. We've given that up. Now you pay for reliability. But you can get amazing mostly-reliable services at a low cost. Enough people have voluntarily moved to mobile phone and VoIP that the POTS is untenable and going away within a few years.

Maybe it’s just me...but it does seem the FCC is dragging their feet to jump to His Highness’ wishes. They even asked for public comments several months ago. I think they are passively resisting action for fear of how the public will respond.