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GreatCaesarsGhost

(8,584 posts) Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:44 PM Feb 2017

How Trump Plans to Slow Our Internet to a Crawl

https://dcreport.org/2017/02/07/how-trump-plans-to-slow-our-internet-to-a-crawl/

How Trump Plans to Slow Our Internet to a Crawl
Dial-Up Speeds for Us, Lightning Fast for Big Corporations

Donald Trump wants you to pay more for your Internet, either in money for high-speed service or by forcing you into an Internet traffic jam where pages load with all the speed of a rush hour commute after a traffic accident.

That’s what could happen under the new Trump-appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai.

Pai, a former attorney for telecom and Internet behemoth Verizon, has already undone recent FCC actions that helped consumers. The FCC recently blocked nine companies from providing cheap Internet to the poor. Pai called that “might regulation,” evidently under the theory that outgoing presidents have only limited powers after each election, a position not found in our Constitution.

The agency also halted investigations into Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile favoring services affiliated with their companies.

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How Trump Plans to Slow Our Internet to a Crawl (Original Post) GreatCaesarsGhost Feb 2017 OP

Good job Drumpf Lanius Feb 2017 #1

What libraries? They want to do away with them too, I'm sure. woodsprite Feb 2017 #2

Mine could not be slower than it is now. MuseRider Feb 2017 #3

Hello and babylonsister Feb 2017 #4

Hello to you too! MuseRider Feb 2017 #14

THIS issue will piss off Joe 6 Pack more than most: Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #5

I would think so.. the internet gets used by all Cha Feb 2017 #7

It would be really bad for business. So much is conducted online now. Amazon would be pissed. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #6

Good point! StarryNite Feb 2017 #13

Is this another anti-porn move by the Pence wing of the party? Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #8

The deplorables will happily lead the parade MontanaMama Feb 2017 #9

what of AT&T? SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2017 #10

Go ahead Drumphuck - so many more people will even more pissed off. vkkv Feb 2017 #11

K&R. nt TeamPooka Feb 2017 #12

I can't think of a better way to destroy small businesses. Vinca Feb 2017 #15

OR even large ones that depend on people ordering from internet, like Amazon or Netflix. Amaryllis Feb 2017 #16

Lanius

(599 posts)

1. Good job Drumpf

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:56 PM

Feb 2017

I'm sure this will help poor white folks who voted for you and have to go to the public library because they can't afford an Internet service at home.

woodsprite

(11,916 posts)

2. What libraries? They want to do away with them too, I'm sure.

Reply to Lanius (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 11:01 PM

Feb 2017

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)

3. Mine could not be slower than it is now.

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 11:09 PM

Feb 2017

Rural wireless with mostly dial up speeds no matter what you pay for. It is horrible. Good luck everyone, I hope you have better control over your temper than I do. I end up having to turn it off. It costs us a fortune just to get enough over Verizon to cover when the wireless that we pay for stops dead.