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Save the Internet |
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internet is a cornerstone of modern life - from our day-to-day life to
businesses and jobs. We simply can’t live without it, so it’s time to
declare that it is a public utility, not a private “service.” Title II
of the Communications Act of 1934 already grants the FCC the authority
to declare the internet a public utility and provide greater regulation
to the telecommunications industry. It's time for the FCC to exercise
that authority. Regulating the internet as a public utility would solve a lot of problems and it would allow the FCC to prohibit internet service providers from creating internet "fast lanes" and "slow lanes" to extort payments from companies like Netflix, which they just pass on to subscribers. You've already PAID Netflix once ... just as you've PAID your ISP once. Why should ISPs be allowed to double-dip? FCC ... you ALREADY have the power to declare that Broadband is a public utility. It doesn’t require a new telecommunications statute replete with time-consuming years of legislative horse-trading and special interest lobbying. This reclassification should have been done 10 years ago. |
