Comments on: Minority Groups Ask FCC for “Digital Equal Opportunity” in Broadband Plan

By: Top Black News Headlines – January 19, 2010 | The Black Report Archives

Top Black News Headlines – January 19, 2010 | The Black Report Archives — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:45:19 +0000

[...] Minority groups ask FCC for ‘digital equal opportunity’ [...]

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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:12:01 +0000

[...] a conference call today, several organizations who submitted comments last week to the FCC reiterated their concerns that the body may move quickly without fully considering the impact, [...]

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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:32:34 +0000

[...] Much at Stake for Obama as Massachusetts fills Senate seat Adidas cuts ties with Gilbert Arenas Minority groups ask FCC for ‘digital equal opportunity’ Troops patrol Nigerian city after deadly sectarian clashes Serena Williams blasts into second round [...]

By: jubangy

jubangy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:54:27 +0000

Simple, they come out when they smell money as mentioned above! These dam minorities want everything for nothing! This is the biggest load I have seen in a while. Oh, my internet wont let me download this song, its because I am a minority! Hell lets be realistic, when the title said minority I was expecting to see some group of white americans listed, since whites are the minority. Plain bs. If you pay your bill you shall have service period. And if your area does not have broadband available, then maybe everybody in those areas should ban together and launch a complaint or whatever, as I doubt any isp holds back from deploying based on ethnicity, rather by $.

By: jubangy

jubangy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:54:27 +0000

By: Chuck Spears

Chuck Spears — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:27:21 +0000

They smell Money! Why else would they be found under the same umbrella?

By: Chuck Spears

Chuck Spears — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:27:21 +0000

They smell Money! Why else would they be found under the same umbrella?

By: spooky

spooky — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:53:03 +0000

Utter non-sense

By: spooky

spooky — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:53:03 +0000

Utter non-sense

By: davidmhoffman

davidmhoffman — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:32:42 +0000

Net Neutrality is the basis of the internet operation. A packet of data is transmitted in the order received to the address requested. First packet in becomes first packet out. The ISP creates no prioritization based on the type of data in the packet or where the packet came from or where it is going, no discrimination or delay based on the type of data in the packet or where the packet came from or where the packet is going. Basic IP/TCP process. Some ISPs, mainly those that deliver cable television or IPTV, want people to think they will not invest in the future infrastructure of the internet if they cannot violate these principles. Strange that they have been investing in internet facility improvements for the past 20 years while following these principles for the most part. It is only the advent of HD video transported over broadband that threatens the existing monopoly held by cable television over movie or TV viewing that is creating the corporate need to violate the existing Network Neutrality principles. In other words, if you get your internet access from a cable company, they want to make sure that you will always go through them for your online video viewing. And that means they will want to degrade the quality of the viewing experience from any internet based source by creating a worse(slower) download experience, by delaying those packets, than you get by going through the sources that the cable company profits from. Instead of having to arbitrate, mediate or litigate every possible scheme to create these delayed internet packets in the future, Net Neutrality advocates want to the law to declare that all bytes are to be treated equally. Since spam, criminal activities, and denial of service attacks threaten the functioning of the internet, the ISPs are allowed under the proposed legislation to deal with those issues. All bad actors are treated the same. The cable companies real fear is becoming nothing more than common carriers. This is similar to UPS, FedEx, and DHL. They move cargo. They don't make cargo, They do not discriminate based on who sent the cargo, what the cargo is, or who it is going to. They compete to have you, the cargo shipper, choose them to deliver your cargo. They are common carriers. That is what we, the Net neutrality advocates, want from the ISPs. To behave as common carriers.