FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues
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I think nothing from the government should involve bribes, official or unofficial, to prioritize over other people. Private space, that's different, but nothing public. Would you be okay if you could pay for easier voting, for example?
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@scottalanmiller said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:
I think nothing from the government should involve bribes, official or unofficial, to prioritize over other people. Private space, that's different, but nothing public. Would you be okay if you could pay for easier voting, for example?
Frankly - yes. But a mail in ballot is pretty damned easy - and well i do have to pay for the stamp from me to the voting office.
I know it's altruistic to want everyone to be equal from a public POV, but the reality is we are not. And flying isn't public either, these are private businesses (and I'm pretty sure the airports are too - though I leave TONS of room to be wrong) that operate with government oversite. I.E. the TSA is government run, not airport run.
I suppose you're going to say that Pre-Check should be free for everyone - so everyone can be wisked through more quickly... I'm not sure if that plays into the theater affect or not? I'd be OK if it was free for everyone, and those who don't want background checks then you get the slow, take your shoes/belt, etc off line.
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@Dashrender said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:
I know it's altruistic to want everyone to be equal from a public POV, but the reality is we are not. And flying isn't public either...
The hell it isn't. FAA, airports, TSA... all 100% public.
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@Dashrender said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:
I suppose you're going to say that Pre-Check should be free for everyone ....
I think everything provided through tax dollars should be equal. If you want it faster, fix it, don't allow the rich to be excused the poor to suffer.
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@Dashrender said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:
(and I'm pretty sure the airports are too - though I leave TONS of room to be wrong)...
They are private like health insurance, ISPs, FAA, the highway and other utilities are private... all as a farce and theatre. They are public utilities with a lot of corruption involved. No matter whose banner is slapped on it, it's a public utility and the government owns it, they just want to put on "capitalism theater" for you, and it works. They make it seem like capitalism and choice and free market are all at play, but they are not. The government decides there will be an airport, they choose where and how big and how expensive, they decide everything. Then they hire some company to funnel money around to make it look like consumers have choice.
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Comcast uses NBC to harm other cable companies, rivals say
Lobby requests DOJ antitrust probe into Comcast abuse of TV channel ownership.
Comcast's smaller rivals in the cable industry have called on the Department of Justice to investigate whether Comcast uses its ownership of TV programming to harm competitors.
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Comcast forced to pay refunds after its hidden fees hurt customers’ credit
AG: Comcast tricked customers into long-term contracts, then raised bills 40%.
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AT&T CEO: State net neutrality and privacy laws are a “total disaster”
Um. . . yeah because you're not allowed to do whatever the hell you want. . .
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@DustinB3403 Cool!
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Comcast raises cable TV bills again—even if you’re under contract
Broadcast TV fee goes from $8 to $10, sports fee rises from $6.50 to $8.25.
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Charter, Comcast don’t have 1st Amendment right to discriminate, court rules
Byron Allen's multi-billion dollar suits against Charter and Comcast can proceed.
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@mlnews said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:
Comcast raises cable TV bills again—even if you’re under contract
Broadcast TV fee goes from $8 to $10, sports fee rises from $6.50 to $8.25.
without reading the link, I'm guessing those are pass through fees, not fees created by Comcast, so they likely have an out in the contract for them. i.e. not something the contract says can't raise.
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Ajit Pai buries 2-year-old speed test data in appendix of 762-page report
Long-delayed report shows DSL ISPs are still bad at providing advertised speeds.
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After broken promise, AT&T says it’ll stop selling phone location data
Data ended up on black market—now carriers say they'll halt sales in March.
The four major carriers pledged to stop selling customer location data to third-party data brokers in June 2018, but a Motherboard investigation published this week found that T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T were still doing so.
Earlier this week, AT&T said it "only permit[s] sharing of location when a customer gives permission for cases like fraud prevention or emergency roadside assistance or when required by law." But the Motherboard investigation showed that the data was being re-sold on the black market, allowing pretty much anyone to get the location of other people's phones.
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FCC asks court for delay in case that could restore net neutrality rules
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday asked judges to delay oral arguments in a court case that could restore Obama-era net neutrality rules.
Oral arguments are scheduled for February 1 at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which will rule on a challenge to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality rules. The court confirmed this week on its website that its schedule "will not be affected, at least initially, by the partial shutdown of the federal government" that began on December 22, 2018. The court has enough funding to operate for now and said that "[o]ral arguments on the calendar for the month of January and February will go on as scheduled."
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@DustinB3403 fingers crossed for this one.
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Charter raises sneaky “broadcast TV” fee for second time in four months
Charter fee rose from $9 to $10 in November and will go up to $12 in March.
Charter Communications will raise its "broadcast TV" fee from $9.95 to $11.99 on March 1, only four months after the previous fee increase.
Charter and other cable companies say they charge broadcast TV fees to recoup the cost of paying broadcasters for the right to retransmit their signals over cable systems. But Charter doesn't include the fee in its advertised rates, instead revealing the fee in the fine print, often giving customers bill shock when they learn that they have to pay more each month than expected.
Additionally, increases to the fee apply even to customers who agreed to deals that ostensibly lock in a specific monthly rate during a set period. In summary, Charter uses the broadcast TV fee to advertise lower rates than it actually charges and to raise prices on customers even before their promotional rates expire.
