Monday, May 30, 2016

Republicans decide best way to end Net Neutrality is to defund the FCC in new bill

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/26/1531336/-Republicans-decide-best-way-to-end-Net-Neutrality-is-to-defund-the-FCC-in-new-bill
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a ruling in February that consumers need not be forced to use the cable box rented out by your cable provider. This was great news for consumers and sad news for cable giants who haven’t had to create a competitive business plan for decades. The sounds of happy consumers is anathema to Republicans and their cable company overlords. Earlier this month, 60 Republicans wrote a very stern admonishment to the FCC. Coincidentally, the letter said all of the same things that the cable companies have been saying—creating competition will somehow hurt consumers and so no regulations, yada yada yada."