The forbearance process, changeable at any time for any politically expedient reason, scares me. It's 'executive authority' all over again and makes a mockery of the rule of law and the democratic process.
Mark > On Feb 5, 2015, at 5:57 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > But the only permanent part of this I see is being reclassified as a utility. > Everything else including forbearing from most of the bad stuff is totally > up to change, with very little upside and tons of downside. It would be > different if this was proposed legislation, it wouldn't be changeable at the > whim of future FCC commissioners. > > > -----Original Message----- From: David > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 4:52 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality" > > I hope so.. Because I can be Extreme :) > >> On 02/05/2015 02:46 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> Steve's talk about this yesterday lead me to believe this is something we >> can live with. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Brett A Mansfield >> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 11:28 AM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality" >> >> I just ready yet another article on the so called "net neutrality" the FCC >> will be voting on Feb 26th. This government overreach is going to force me >> to have to register to collect taxes on all of my customers, which I'll need >> to pay someone to do for me to make sure I stay in compliance, which will >> require that I raise prices to cover my increased costs. >> >> It will also prevent me from being able to run any kind of QoS on my >> network, so goodbye to any decent VoIP calls. >> >> I for one would like to keep the government out of my business beyond what >> they already are. The article I read stated that it will likely pass. If it >> does, I think something very "extreme" may need to be done. If in protest >> every ISP in the USA shut down their networks either until the law was >> repealed or for just a day or two strike I think the government would get >> the picture, and if they didn't then the millions of people complaining to >> them about it would certainly help. >> >> I know that is very extreme, but just a thought. Anyone else have any ideas? >> Perhaps if we just threaten to do so may help? I'm just spitballing here, >> so please don't think I'm being to crazy. I just want the discussion to >> begin of what we could really do to stop this. >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield > >
