Does net neutrality cripple innovation or encourage it?
Ultimately, the FCC would vote to release the internet back to its pre-Obama days in the wild.
Before the net neutrality vote was underway, emotional activists broken by yet another Obama policy down the drain cried out in the bitter Washington, D.C. cold.
Let's give it up for Representative Keith Ellison.
You know, you guys, it's about power.
What we're talking about is power today.
Will the open internet be in service to the power of the people?
Or will Ajit Pai and the Republicans and all those guys turn the power over to the monopolists who want to control us and throttle and block information that we need?
It's the internet, not the elite net.
It's not supposed to be.
For some people.
It's supposed to be for all people.
People get their information from it.
It has to be open to everyone.
Every social movement in this country that has been able to use the Internet and think about what they are trying to do to silence our voices, there is one answer, and it is hell no!
We are not going to let you change this rule.
Inside, the FCC Council explained the need to vote as simply as possible.
These rules have also impeded innovation.
One major company, for instance, reported that it put on hold a project to build out its out-of-home Wi-Fi network due to uncertainty about the FCC's regulatory stance.
And a coalition of 19 municipal Internet service providers, that is, city government-owned nonprofits, have told the FCC that they, and I quote, Often delay or hold off from rolling out a new feature or service because they cannot afford to deal with a potential complaint and enforcement action.
None of this is good for consumers.
We need to empower all Americans with digital opportunity, not deny them the benefits of greater access and competition.
And consider, too, that these are just the effects that these rules have had on the Internet today.
Think about how they will affect the internet that we need 10, 20 years from now.
The digital world bears no resemblance to a water pipe, or an electric line, or a sewer.
The use of those pipes will be roughly constant over time.
Very few would say that there's been dramatic innovation in these areas.
By contrast, online traffic is exploding, and we consume exponentially more traffic and data over time.
With the dawn of the Internet of Things, with the development of high bitrate applications like virtual reality, with new activities that we can't fully grasp yet, like high-volume Bitcoin mining, we are imposing ever more demands on the network.
And over time, that means our networks themselves will need to scale, too.
On advice of security, we need to take a brief recess.
After everyone had returned, the vote was carried out.
Commissioner O'Reilly?
Aye.
Commissioner Carr?
Aye.
Commissioner Rosenworcel?
Aye.
Dissent.
The chair votes aye.
The item is adopted with editorial privileges granted as requested.
But more death threats against FCC Chairman Ajit Pai continue to weigh in on Twitter.
It's just the way we expect the left to operate now, as they embrace domestic terrorism unchecked in the face of our republic.
And now the Democrat lawyers weigh in.
The Washington Times reports, minutes after the FCC's 3-2 vote, New York Attorney General Schneiderman announced he would form a multi-state coalition to stop the illegal rollback.
While Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said he would file a petition in the next few days.
John Bowne reporting for Infowars.com.
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