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There is no surer way to get geeks on the web riled up than the most powerful man on earth declaring that there is no higher calling than protecting an open, accessible, and free Internet. But Barack Obamas sweeping statement in support of net neutrality on Monday morning did just that, pitting him against major telecoms, Republicans and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioners who will soon decide on new rules that could reclassify net neutrality as protected or not so much.
Vox has an explainer for the relatively uninformed (John Olivers version has significantly more laughs), but the short version of Obamas plan is as follows:
In other news, net neutrality folks found the FCC chairmans HOUSE and kept him from leaving http://t.co/OrtPmnkRBO pic.twitter.com/Aoup3gCh32
Comcast angrily calling the White House about net neutrality, told to be home between two and six next Thursday
"Net Neutrality" is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.
Its like, reasonable people can agree or disagree about net neutrality, but Obamacare for the Internet is just so mendacious it hurts me.
Why Comcast cares about net neutrality, in one chart pic.twitter.com/X0ZdS3CDHy
That course will likely also face strong legal challenges and would likely not stand up in court.
The internet has not just appeared by accident or gift it has been built by companies like ours investing and building networks and infrastructure.
Obama just picked a major fight with the ascendent Republican Party fresh off its huge midterm victories, and theyre not going to let this thing just happen overnight. Expect to see this stretch well into 2015 and get muddled into the FCC / DOJ approval process for the Comcast / Time Warner Cable merger.
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