Quote Originally Posted by Capt._Ron View Post
No bu, I'm not confused at all. The FCC already regulates what is available on TV and radio. Do you really think this is going to be "light touch oversite" as some liberals are calling it? Take a look at what the FCC did to radio from 1969 to the mid 80's after the Red Lion case with the "Fairness campaign". They all but completely eliminated discussion of political topics and any criticism of the status quo.

I fully understand that this topic was brough up because a Large ISP was regulating the amount of bandwidth to certain applications. I wouldn't want this to happen to me but fortunately I have several options for internet service and if one doesn't provide the service I want I will go to another. My issue lies is that rarely does the government de-regulate anything (thank goodness they did for radio). The FCC may begin its regulation with the best intentions but the govenment is not in the habit of gaining power and then giving it back. I think this will end up being a way for the government to wring more money out of the ISP's.
I think we were talking past each other a bit. I agree the FCC should not be able to censor the internet in any way but I am for net neutrality. Can't regulation be done in such a way that the FCC can enforce neutrality without being able to control content? If we actually had a true competitive market this might be a moot point but we don't so here we are.