When FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler last week announced a blueprint mirroring President Obama’s call for net neutrality, it prompted new queries over the White House’s role in the process, consumer rights, the future of Internet service providers and perhaps most importantly, the ensuing battle in the courts.
That the clash has garnered so much national debate is a remarkable feat, given the degree to which it was previously reserved for tech circles.
Here are the four major questions surrounding the FCC’s Feb. 26 vote on net neutrality.
How heavily was the White House involved?
Though the FCC is an independent agency, Obama repeatedly called for new rules he thought commissioners should implement.
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Take a look at all the private sector companies and individuals supporting net neutrality. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, local government leaders, activists entrepreneurs, and workers in the high tech industry.
ReplyDeleteNow take a look at who is opposed. Verizon, Comcast, Viacom, Universal Studios etc.
I think that should answer all the questions.
Reading the article, the only "players" mentioned are the FCC, the White House, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, as if this was about politics!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThese people are our ENEMIES!
Our Friends are the free market and hardware inventors, writers of software and antivirus programs and ISP's that are free to keep inventing and competing for our business!
The group at the top of this comment wants all that to go away.
It's just plain that simple.
Say NO!