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Sold down the river again Angry Dragon May 2012 #1
So, how much will the bundle package increase? may3rd May 2012 #2
What they should do Politicalboi May 2012 #3
We're talking cable internet bandwidth, not tv IDemo May 2012 #4
They see the handwriting on the wall klook May 2012 #6
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Youtube, etc need to be screaming bloody murder over this. n/t Ed Suspicious May 2012 #5
No doubt cable operators' streaming services won't count against the quota. n/t BadgerKid May 2012 #20
Maybe not to begin with but they will eventually come after them as well, that's how Uncle Joe May 2012 #27
Did he check with consumers of this service, limpyhobbler May 2012 #7
OF COURSE he does... he gets his funds from the PACS. lib2DaBone May 2012 #8
Bad idea from the corporate controlled FCC magic59 May 2012 #9
No kidding... christx30 May 2012 #35
It is amazing how our government agencies find ways to screw the American Public. lookingfortruth May 2012 #10
Petition created bl968 May 2012 #11
The continued nickel and diming of Americans to death! drdtroit May 2012 #12
AAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! PLEASE fucking leave the Internet ALONE, as it is ~nt 99th_Monkey May 2012 #13
Saw this coming. ryvanwi May 2012 #14
Is there some bandwidth shortage or something? limpyhobbler May 2012 #18
Really, is there a shortage of electrons? Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #41
It's a false dichotomy that you've laid out. harmonicon May 2012 #23
Dropping pins and shoes supernova May 2012 #54
'would encourage competition' Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #15
This will be a big step against net neutrality if other ISPs follow suit. 4saken May 2012 #16
Usage-based pricing would permit the rich to use the internet more than the poor. JDPriestly May 2012 #17
And there you have it: Regressive Pricing DCKit May 2012 #28
Sorry, your argument doesn't work... brooklynite May 2012 #42
I think that kind of pricing would just make a huge mess. JDPriestly May 2012 #52
What makes you think your usage isn't measured? brooklynite May 2012 #55
Just for the record, Genachowski was appointed by Obama in 2009 to head the FCC. Fumesucker May 2012 #19
What!? An Obama appointee favoring corporations over people!? villager May 2012 #26
what some people fail to realize Dokkie May 2012 #29
Why should abortion be legal if you never use it? Fearless May 2012 #31
weird reply Dokkie May 2012 #33
You pay for public education even if you don't have kids using it... Fearless May 2012 #36
I hope you see the difference between Dokkie May 2012 #59
Internet access is for the public good. Fearless May 2012 #61
Internet connection Dokkie May 2012 #63
Public transportation. Discount passes. Both exist to get the poor/working class to work. Fearless May 2012 #64
All true Dokkie May 2012 #66
Kinda kills social media... Fearless May 2012 #67
Yes, I'm sure the corporations will drastically lower your prices now villager May 2012 #32
You betcha Dokkie May 2012 #34
This is about neutralizing the peoples' power on the Internet. Uncle Joe May 2012 #39
You report back on that great big price cut the cable companies are giving ya, okay? villager May 2012 #40
"Ordinary users like me will get a cut" brentspeak May 2012 #48
yes, I will definitely get a cut Dokkie May 2012 #60
A la carte pricing for cable? Now that I could go for. JDPriestly May 2012 #53
What you fail to realize... 4saken May 2012 #62
Then they are going to fail Dokkie May 2012 #65
FCC boss backs rich against poor (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #21
How? It will reduce the cost for the low end entry point. joeglow3 May 2012 #43
Clearly the rich are more deserving of information. harmonicon May 2012 #47
This would not impact someone looking up news joeglow3 May 2012 #49
And, you know, the self-employed. Artists. Musicians. Hobbyists. harmonicon May 2012 #50
How many of those people are streaming video? joeglow3 May 2012 #56
And yet bandwidth per capita in the US lags far behind may other developed nations.. Fumesucker May 2012 #57
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY harmonicon May 2012 #58
As I don't really track melm00se May 2012 #22
The bastards are trying to strangle Netflix and YouTube. Odin2005 May 2012 #24
Don't forget google Harmony Blue May 2012 #45
Republican to the core. BlueToTheBone May 2012 #25
Two words... FUCK YOU! Fearless May 2012 #30
Corporations make the rules and get to change them in their own favor, is why we need regulators neohippie May 2012 #37
This administration is the most disappointing in history! Roland99 May 2012 #38
Anyone that supports this Harmony Blue May 2012 #44
Curses! Steerpike May 2012 #46
Unrelated, but this graphic always scared me. Dash87 May 2012 #51
We've been bought and sold. nt woo me with science May 2012 #68
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