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In reply to the discussion: Net neutrality secrecy: No one knows what the FCC approved [View all]joshcryer
(62,297 posts)The public comment period has nothing to do with proposed rules, the rules can come in any form. The Obama administration wrote them up (which, incidentally Pai dissented on, since they weren't "public" .
The public comment period is to assess where the public stands on a given issue. In this case it was whether or not the internet should be net neutral, the public stated that it should be, therefore the FCC responded, in kind.
If the proposed rules which were voted upon are disagreeable to the public, they may submit their own disagreements which the commission will take under advisement.
As it stands now though there is so much in the public commentary that it's unlikely the commission hasn't listened to the public as far as implementation of those rules.
Let it be known, Bush moved ISPs from Title II to Title I in 2005. The net neutrality thing has been nonsense from the get go. ISPs were Title II from the beginning. It wasn't until Bush deregulated thus opening up the possibility for "corporate fast lanes" that this has become an issue again. This is a reclassification to Title II, nothing more, nothing less.