Team Blue Takes the Internet
The commission, following a contentious meeting, voted 3-2 to adopt its so-called net neutrality plan -- a proposal that remained secret in the run-up to the final vote.
“It is the policy of the United States,” Congress said in the bipartisan Telecommunications Act of 1996, “to preserve the vibrant and competitive free market that presently exists for the Internet and other interactive computer services, unfettered by Federal or State regulation.” 
"I believe the public has a right to know what its government is doing, particularly when it comes to something as important as Internet regulation," said Pai, an ardent opponent of net neutrality regulations. "I have studied the 332-page plan in detail, and it is worse than I imagined," he said... "I foresee adverse consequences for the entire Internet economy," said Pai.
The FCC Secret Plan
One would think the American people had quite enough of secret regulatory schemes after ObamaCare, but it looks as if the Left took the secrecy, deception, and “pass it to find out what’s in it” strategy of ObamaCare as the model for all future power grabs.
A Republican on the Federal Communications Commission blasted the net-neutrality proposal from the agency's chairman as a "secret plan to regulate the Internet" that "opens the door to billions of dollars in new taxes" on broadband services. Commissioner Ajit Pai said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, a Democrat, was misleading the public about what's in the plan. At a Tuesday news conference, Pai held up a copy of the thick draft proposal and called on Wheeler to make it public before the agency votes on it on Feb. 26.
"The text of the proposal is being kept hidden from the American people and their elected representatives in Congress, and the FCC's chairman has so far refused to testify about it. This total lack of transparency and accountability does not bode well for the future of a free and open Internet, not to mention the millions of Americans who use it every day." -John Boehner
Democrat, Liberal, Government, Bigbrother, Regulation, Arrogance
Two prominent House committee chairs are “deeply disappointed” in Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler for refusing to testify before Congress as “the future of the Internet is at stake.” Wheeler’s refusal to go before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday comes on the eve of the FCC’s vote on new Internet regulations pertaining to net neutrality. The committee’s chairman, Representative Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah), and Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R., Mich.) criticized Wheeler and the administration for lacking transparency on the issue.
Secret Plan to Change the Internet
The 332 Page "Open Internet Order"
Supporters of the FCC
Democrat, Liberal, Government, Bigbrother, Regulation
The FCC opened a four month public comment period on Internet regulatory structure and net neutrality. It received close to 4 million responses from Americans — the most comments it has ever received for an issue opened up for public comment.
Democrat, Liberal, Government, Bigbrother, Regulation
Advocates collected more than 1 million signatures in support of federal protections for net neutrality, and more than 85 groups have backed the cause, including the American Civil Liberties Union, MoveOn, the Sierra Club, Reddit and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Democrat, Liberal, Government, Bigbrother, Regulation
The decision comes after a year of intense public interest, with the FCC receiving four million public comments from companies, trade associations, advocacy groups, and individuals.
Liberal, Hate, Violence, Character, Threats, Terrorism, Murder
A 28-year-old Syracuse man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill U.S. Rep. John Katko over the "net neutrality" issue, according to a complaint filed Monday in federal court.
The United States Attorney's Office said Patrick Angelo called Katko's office on Oct. 19 and threatened him. His staff discovered the voicemail on Oct. 23. According to the complaint, Angelo left the following message:
"Listen Mr. Katko, if you support net neutrality, I will support you. But if you don't support net neutrality, I will find you and your family and I will kill... you ... all. Do you understand? I will literally find all... of ... you and your progeny and t- just wipe you from the face of the earth..."
Regulating the Internet
Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai, who delivered some of the most scathing criticism of the plan Thursday, warned the policy represents a "monumental shift" to "government control of the Internet."
For its part, the FCC is about to scrap a Clinton-era bipartisan consensus that the Internet should be free from intrusive government regulation. On Thursday, the agency will likely vote to impose rules upon almost every nut and bolt of the Internet, from the digital connection at your house to the core of the network. -Ajit Pai
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday adopted sweeping new regulations sought by President Obama for how Americans use and do business on the Internet, in a party-line vote that is sure to be challenged by the broadband industry. The commission, following a contentious meeting, voted 3-2 to adopt its so-called net neutrality plan -- a proposal that remained secret in the run-up to the final vote.
Democrat, Liberal, Government, Bigbrother, Regulation
"I would vote for net neutrality, because as I understand it, it’s Title II with a lot of changes within it, in order to avoid the worst of the utility regulation," Hillary Clinton said. She said President Obama was "right" on the issue. "It’s a foot in the door, it’s a value statement, I think the president is right to be upfront and out front on that."