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thesquanderer

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22. They're basing the argument on DNS services and caching...

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:40 PM

Feb 2019

...i.e. that they don't just facilitate communication, they also provide an information service. But that seems really weak to me. Even a telecommunications service needs a method to route person/device A to person/device B, a DNS function is in effect just a fancy switchboard, not an information service. And caching is not integral to the existence of broadband, nor does the end user's device ever specifically request that info be provided specifically from the cache. If I come up with a way to get you your milk more quickly, that doesn't make me a cow.

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FCC struggles to convince judge that broadband isn't "telecommunications" [View all] orangecrush Feb 2019 OP

I would like answers on why and how more than half Autumn Feb 2019 #1

Here's some info for you blogslut Feb 2019 #3

That second link? Wow. Move a pile of maggots and there's Roger Stone. Autumn Feb 2019 #5

Good stuff. Thanks for posting these, blogslut! calimary Feb 2019 #25

Yeah, I and other members of my family commented during the PatrickforO Feb 2019 #17

Judges are unqualified... RichardRay Feb 2019 #2

Are you arguing that internet/broadband should not be classified as telecommunications? blogslut Feb 2019 #4

Am I? What does it sound like to you? RichardRay Feb 2019 #7

Where in the article does it say the arguments were "dumbed down" for the judges? blogslut Feb 2019 #9

The entire tone of the discussion is dumbed down. RichardRay Feb 2019 #24

Generally, experts are called in to prep the attorneys who are preparing to go before the FCC... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #6

That's what I'd like to avoid. RichardRay Feb 2019 #8

That would of course be the goal of every informed person, but sometimes I think other ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #10

This is how all court cases work when things get complicated. eggplant Feb 2019 #23

That's why the regulatory agencies were developed, elleng Feb 2019 #15

The lawsuits don't question whether it's technically a good idea JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #18

In other countries, courts hire their own technical experts to advise them marylandblue Feb 2019 #26

The issues presented do not simply relate to technical matters. onenote Feb 2019 #28

There is no way this can win... PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #11

It might win. Towlie Feb 2019 #13

Telecommunications has a specific statutory definition. onenote Feb 2019 #29

MSM, most owned by corporations that will profit off the death of net neutrality, have not yaesu Feb 2019 #12

Puzzled Bob_in_VA Feb 2019 #14

exactly this seems very simple to me scarytomcat Feb 2019 #16

Read the linked article for the foundation for that argument. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2019 #19

Because the telephone companies over the years have different definitions for what ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #27

See post #29 onenote Feb 2019 #30

A 5 minute search on Google would turn up the information the judges need, BobTheSubgenius Feb 2019 #20

This is campaign donation money talking. jalan48 Feb 2019 #21

They're basing the argument on DNS services and caching... thesquanderer Feb 2019 #22