A couple weeks ago I talked about how the push for Title II is inconsistent with the principals of Net Neutrality. Now there is a good chance that is what we are going to have, so let's consider how we got it. The plan the FCC put together was written and voted on without any public knowledge, and even following the vote has not been released for anyone to review (not yet at least). On its own, this should have caused people to be in an uproar before the vote, but there is more. The plan was written by and voted on by a group who will directly benefit from it, like someone giving themselves a promotion, by giving them new powers over what has been a free system. Powers that have very few checks on them, because the FCC is a regulatory body and these are its rules, as opposed to laws which are addressed in public courts where parties have guaranteed rights.
Net Neutrality did not win with the vote. Government control did.
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