Comments on: Net Neutrality, Nausea & Political Theater at Its Worst

By: Fighting AT&T-Mo Is Fighting the Wrong War: Broadband News and Analysis «

Tue, 10 May 2011 23:01:25 +0000

[...] topic of AT&T’s proposed $39 billion buy of T-Mobile. Unfortunately, the hearing will likely be a farce as the witnesses stick to their preconceived talking points and our elected officials grandstand [...]

By: FCC Wins One Net Neutrality Fight But Congress is Still Hostile: Broadband News and Analysis «

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:31:39 +0000

[...] ruling is a win for the FCC, although Verizon will likely file suit again using new arguments. And Congress is still on track to make it impossible for the FCC to implement its rules by enforcing its right to repeal the [...]

By: Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:27:09 +0000

Brett Glass was a witness at the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet’s hearing on the FCC’s Open Internet order this week as well.

By: Net Neutrality, Nausea and Political Theater at its Worst - wehaveways's posterous

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:58:35 +0000

[...] The five FCC commissioners traveled to the Capitol today for a House Communications and Internet Subcommittee hearing on the necessity of the network neutrality order passed by the FCC in December. The hearing was the first step in a process that attempts to repeal the FCCs network neutrality rules and prevent the FCC from trying to implement them again.Source:http://gigaom.com/broadband/net-neutrality-nausea-and-political-theater-at-its-worst/ [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:26:30 +0000

I heard most of the hearing. I guess I side more with Public Knowledge, who in this blog post calls the hearing mostly a “thoughtful debate.”

http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/open-internet-opponents-do-not-understand-int

By: Stop the Cap! » Contrasting America and Canada’s Broadband Policy Debates: Canada Wins

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:45:27 +0000

[...] called the entire affair “nauseating” and helpfully condensed the only three things you need to take from the [...]

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:44:01 +0000

Your rhetoric in this piece is worse than any political pandering that went on at that hearing. Congress is completely justified to question the FCC’s reach. The FCC has broad authority over communications and that gives too much power to the executive branch. The consequences of net neutrality on business and the public would be massive and it is an issue that should not be rushed. The courts have even seemed to side against the commission regarding their authority on this matter. As a consumer, industry participant, and taxpayer, I would rather see elected representatives deliberate and preside over a matter of this magnitude rather than appointed members of an agency.

By: Phillip M Dampier

Phillip M Dampier — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:57:28 +0000

No wonder the tea party wants to slash government. All the money spent to illuminate the issues before us were reduced to a blizzard of talking points written on 3×5 index cards. Both sides talked past one another, their minds already made up.

It was a complete waste of time and money. Genachowski’s defense of his fatally flawed Net Neutrality regs (one court decision away from oblivion) was never going to fly in a room with Marsha Blackburn in it, who spent her five minutes railing about how the FCC dared to hold up the Comcast NBC merger.

After several hours listening to this twaddle, what makes me even more upset is how it contrasts with the ongoing hearings about usage-based billing in Canada. The difference in the caliber of the discussion and the quest for facts is absolutely stunning. Well informed Canadian MPs asking intelligent questions, tripping up simplistic arguments, and asking smart follow up questions.

That doesn’t work south of Toronto.

Poor Bell Canada sure wishes they lived in a country that can obliterate pesky challenges to their business model with big fat checks. Unfortunately, beyond a supine CRTC, Bell is having a tough time because the talking points that would be lapped up by Washington lawmakers are being dissected and debunked in Ottawa.

The embarrassing conclusion: far too often, we are left with the best government AT&T’s money can buy.

By: catullusrl

catullusrl — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:39:48 +0000

A more accurate description would be a shill for the economic interests of Silicon Valley.

By: soren

soren — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:30:11 +0000

“try to take the power of regulating ISPs away from an agency that has historically been entrusted with regulating the industry”

You haven’t been listening.

” the point of regulatory bodies is to amass a level of expertise and distance from politics that enable good regulations and policies to float their way up to the top”

You live in a dreamworld.

“Whether or not the network neutrality rules are the best regulations around, they did take into consideration many legitimate technical opinions — as opposed to pandering to the whims of fashion on cable news”

Oh please