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pampango

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16. "Free", "public": Sounds like some kind of European socialism to me.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 05:14 PM

Feb 2013

Our republican and corporate protectors need to keep this kind of 'socialism' away from us. We really need to keep the private, expensive, slow-speed internet service that we have now. Pay no attention to those folks on the other side of the Atlantic and how little they pay for faster internet service.

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FCC chairman developing plan for free wireless Internet access: report [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2013 OP

Awesome cvsgracht Feb 2013 #1

They will eventually do this Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #2

Yea call me a conspiracy theorist but that was my first thought... ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #4

Won't have to get court orders to mine the data either Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #5

Actually, yes, probably. BadgerKid Feb 2013 #7

What happens if you use adieu Feb 2013 #10

anything on the internet, including smartphones DeadEyeDyck Feb 2013 #11

I understand adieu Feb 2013 #13

Except the MAC isn't sent beyond the LAN. jeff47 Feb 2013 #25

I work for an christx30 Feb 2013 #31

Yeah, you're still not contradicting what I said. jeff47 Feb 2013 #32

Huge boost to our economy. Reduced cost for existing business, new innovation... Scuba Feb 2013 #3

They might, but not if it ends up screwing us over somehow, perhaps. n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #17

+1 SunSeeker Feb 2013 #20

I like the idea of free internet but how much would it cost to maintain and who cstanleytech Feb 2013 #6

Your computer already has a unique ID. jeff47 Feb 2013 #26

Using the mac address might not be the best course since its possible to spoof that and cstanleytech Feb 2013 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #8

Washington Post original, not a re-hash OKNancy Feb 2013 #9

THIS FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski .... bvar22 Feb 2013 #12

Makes it easier for the government to spy on us davidn3600 Feb 2013 #14

They already are. Might as well get free WiFi out of it. nt SunSeeker Feb 2013 #19

the FCC has proposed delicensing further spectrum for wifi use Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2013 #15

They're already working on re-jigging the broadcast TV spectrum. mwooldri Feb 2013 #24

"Free", "public": Sounds like some kind of European socialism to me. pampango Feb 2013 #16

Al this talk here about breaking up the big banks, oil companies, nationalizing stuff, being good, RC Feb 2013 #18

Someone has to pay for it madville Feb 2013 #21

Those FCC fees you pay the existing telecoms companies. nt mwooldri Feb 2013 #23

My initial reaction was that it was to facilitate data mining. reteachinwi Feb 2013 #22

Think Progress: Four Major Benefits Of The FCC’s Public Wifi Proposal pampango Feb 2013 #27

Seeing how this country has effectively destroyed free broadcast TV, kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #28

You've got that right. Nihil Feb 2013 #33

Sorry, I have to think that it can't be any worse than the internet providers we have now. nt okaawhatever Feb 2013 #30