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FCC Releases Open Internet Rules

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So now we have it

Zpike

Mar 12, 2015, 2:25 PM
The full rule set is in. I personally haven't had a chance to look through it. But my understanding is that the FCC won't be over regulating the internet or introducing any new taxes. I'd be curious if anyone has any objective criticisms of the actual rules at this point.
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Brad K

Mar 12, 2015, 6:17 PM
This quote is from commissioner Ajit Pai's statement:

"One avenue for higher bills is the new taxes and fees that will be applied to broadband. Here’s the background. If you look at your phone bill, you’ll see a “Universal Service Fee,” or something like it. These fees (what most Americans would call taxes) are paid by Americans on their telephone service and funnel about $9 billion each year through the FCC—all outside the congressional appropriations process. Consumers haven’t had to pay these taxes on their broadband bills because broadband Internet access service has never before been a Title II service. But now it is. And so the Order explicitly opens the door to billions of dollars in new taxes on broadband. As the Order frankly ac...
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