FCC opens door to ISP wipe-out

[snot]

"US telecoms regulator the FCC has signaled the end of the independent ISP, a move which will leave DSL provision concentrated in the hands of just a few large providers. The move, which turns local DSL provision from a regulated monopoly into an unregulated monopoly, also has repercussions for rural telephony providers, who will lose a chunk of subsidy, and has potentially chilling consequences for free speech.
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"At the moment in the US, DSL is sold wholesale by companies owned by the Baby Bells, aka the "ILECs" (incumbent local exchange carriers), such as SBC (formerly Southwestern Bell and Pacific Bell), and Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic). The ILECs are also DSL retailers, of course, in direct competition with independent ISPs who depend on the ILECs for service and in most cases, infrastructure.
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"In a statement, the president of the California ISP Association CISPA Dane Jasper described it as 'a re-monopolization of a network that has been publicly regulated and paid for by rate payers for more than 100 years.'
"'This is not leveling the DSL playing field. The FCC is putting a fence around the playing field and giving the keys to a few phone companies with armies of paid lobbyists, letting the phone companies decide who can play in the broadband game.'"

More: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/08/06/fcc_dsl/

[zbdent]

1. And all it would probably take is one "group" with a bunch of

kiddie porn pictures (working with the govt & big players) to post a bunch on the indies and then have the FCC "discover" this and shut it down - for distributing kiddie porn.

My mother-in-law said I was paranoid - how did she find this out? I'm going to have to keep an eye on her . . .

[Syncronaut Seven]

2. Govt has been using KP as an entrapment tool for many years.

Used to be the big joke before the internet overtook, that the US govt. was the biggest purveyor of KP in the nation.

I suspect that's how they influence many of the GOP "faithfull".

Would explain O'reilley, maybe Guckert too.

[wli]

3. yes, it's the big bid to censor blogs

Doubtless the biggest whistleblowers will get kiddie porn planted on them as suggested by the other posts.

[AuntieM1957]

4. Telecom - a natural resource for sale to the highest bidder n/t