"In 2002, the agency said Internet service should not be subject to the same rules as highly regulated utilities, which are governed by regulations on matters like how much they can charge customers and what content they can agree to carry."
"Michael K. Powell, who was F.C.C. chairman in 2002 when the agency set up its Internet governance structure"
"Mr. Powell, who is now president of the cable industry’s chief lobbying group"
That's disgusting. I hate it when a member of government, especially a member of a regulatory agency goes from working to regulate an industry to working to de-regulate that same industry. At least this time there was a few years between him leaving the F.C.C. and him heading up the NCTA. Which isn't always the case.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/technology/appeals-court-rejects-fcc-rules-on-internet-service-providers.html
Edit: I should also point out that it was Mr. Powell who was running the F.C.C. when they made the ingenious desicion to reclassify broadband as an "information service" rather than a "telecommunications service" all but stripping the F.C.C of it's ability to regulate it. Funny how that works out huh?
Bet with Adamblaziken:
I bet that on launch the Nintendo Switch will have no built in in-game voice chat. He bets that it will. The winner gets six months of avatar control over the other user.
