<story><title>FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality</title><url>http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chairman-wheeler-net-neutrality/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>radioact1ve</author><text>Same here. It almost seems to good to be true. I don&amp;#x27;t want to sound gloomy doomy when this is excellent news, but I can&amp;#x27;t help but think what are we missing. I keep waiting for the &amp;quot;but...&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>mikegioia</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest
    open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC. These enforceable,
    bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and 
    throttling of lawful content and services. I propose to fully 
    apply—for the first time ever—those bright-line rules to mobile 
    broadband. My proposal assures the rights of internet users to go
    where they want, when they want, and the rights of innovators to 
    introduce new products without asking anyone’s permission.
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I can&amp;#x27;t believe I&amp;#x27;m reading those words!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>revscat</author><text>Ok, here it comes: but AT&amp;amp;T and Verizon are going to bring lawsuits immediately in response to this action, and due to years of stonewalling judicial appointments by Republicans, this suit is very likely to land in a court that is corporation-friendly, even if it does not wind up in the (also corporate friendly) Supreme Court.&lt;p&gt;There is also the separate-but-related &lt;i&gt;political&lt;/i&gt; reality that the Internet, as a vehicle of basically free information, is opposed by those who depend upon their influence over the flow of news and information in order to maintain political and economic power. This policy shift will make it more difficult for them to keep their influence, and will therefore be fought against by very powerful people who face a long-term threat from its continuation.&lt;p&gt;Satisfied? :)</text></comment>
<story><title>FCC Chairman: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality</title><url>http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chairman-wheeler-net-neutrality/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>radioact1ve</author><text>Same here. It almost seems to good to be true. I don&amp;#x27;t want to sound gloomy doomy when this is excellent news, but I can&amp;#x27;t help but think what are we missing. I keep waiting for the &amp;quot;but...&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>mikegioia</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest
    open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC. These enforceable,
    bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and 
    throttling of lawful content and services. I propose to fully 
    apply—for the first time ever—those bright-line rules to mobile 
    broadband. My proposal assures the rights of internet users to go
    where they want, when they want, and the rights of innovators to 
    introduce new products without asking anyone’s permission.
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I can&amp;#x27;t believe I&amp;#x27;m reading those words!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gtaylor</author><text>I think the most likely possibility is that the telcos attack this to the point where it gets de-fanged or turned away entirely. Part of congress is already mobilizing against this movement.</text></comment>