FCC Highly Skeptical of Google/Verizon Proposal

onehandle

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Tue Aug-10-10 04:16 PM
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FCC Highly Skeptical of Google/Verizon Proposal

STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS
ON VERIZON-GOOGLE ANNOUNCEMENT

“Some will claim this announcement moves the discussion forward. That’s one of its many problems. It is time to move a decision forward—a decision to reassert FCC authority over broadband telecommunications, to guarantee an open Internet now and forever, and to put the interests of consumers in front of the interests of giant corporations.”

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db0809/DOC-300754A1.pdf

A very brief statement that calls bullshit on Google/Verizon and moves for an actual open Internet and not the cutting up and privatization of bandwidth as these two giant corporations have called for.

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babylonsister

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Tue Aug-10-10 04:18 PM
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1. Good. So they need to make a decision vs. us just hearing

from google/verizon. I know, it's not that simple. So we wait for something definitive from the FCC.

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kirby

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Tue Aug-10-10 04:26 PM
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2. I would be skeptical of anything Verizon is involved with...

Edited on Tue Aug-10-10 04:26 PM by kirby

Pure evil.

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NC_Nurse

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Tue Aug-10-10 04:32 PM
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3. Good. Let's hope they don't cave like most agencies do these days.

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tabatha

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Tue Aug-10-10 04:35 PM
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4. Excellent, gutsy, short and to the point statement.

Thank you, MICHAEL J. COPPS.

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ixion

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Tue Aug-10-10 04:45 PM
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5. Good. Keep the internet open... damnit!

:applause:

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