ken’s Comments

• Mar 12th, 2015 @ 6:45pm

  Bill and Hillary ~ I did not....

  on Dear Politicians: Responding To The Clinton Email Scandal By Proudly Affirming You've Never Used Email Isn't Helping
  Bill and Hillary what a jolly old band
  Watch them lie with the stroke of a hand
  Listen closely and you will hear
  They sound the same, that is quite clear
  
  https://youtu.be/ROU4Be7PojY
• Mar 4th, 2015 @ 5:25pm

  Re: Netflix now having second thoughts

  on Last Week Was A Victory, But The Fight For The Open Internet Is Nowhere Close To Being Done
  The thing is we could have gotten Net Neutrality without using the nuclear option. We could have used the threat of FCC regulations as leverage to get ISPs to voluntarily agree to Net Neutrality.
• Mar 4th, 2015 @ 5:20pm

  Netflix now having second thoughts

  on Last Week Was A Victory, But The Fight For The Open Internet Is Nowhere Close To Being Done
  One of the main backers of FCC takeover was Netflix and they are now realizing that a non-regulatory solution would have been better.
  
  http://thehill.com/policy/technology/234628-netflix-seems-to-change-tune-on-web-rules
• Mar 4th, 2015 @ 5:09pm

  FCC Rules go far beyond Net Neutrality

  on Last Week Was A Victory, But The Fight For The Open Internet Is Nowhere Close To Being Done
  Information coming out that new FCC rules are far reaching and goes way beyond Net Neutrality to FCC micromanaging the net infrastructure.
  
  http://watchdog.org/203631/fcc-commissioners-regulations/
• Mar 3rd, 2015 @ 2:50pm

  Re: Re: Re: FCC Net Neutrality backers neutralizes their own arguments against TPP

  on Is America About To Experience The Billion-Dollar Pain Of Corporate Sovereignty First Hand?
  That might be how you see it but those that are pro TPP or those on the fence will not see it that way.
• Mar 3rd, 2015 @ 1:34pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Title II does not create net neutrality.

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  I disagree Mike. The regulation genie is now out of the bottle. He may have given you your wish but as always the wish is never what the wisher expected and ends up being a curse.
  
  There is no way net neutrality is going to be the only thing the FCC tinkers with now that they have phenomenal cosmic powers in an Itty bitty living space!
• Mar 3rd, 2015 @ 12:56pm

  Re: White House email system?

  on There Is No Way That Hillary Clinton Didn't Know She Was Supposed To Use A Government Email Account
  She probably used the same system the IRS uses that conveniently crashes and self-destructs when they are being subpoenaed.
• Mar 3rd, 2015 @ 11:43am

  Re: FCC Net Neutrality backers neutralizes their own arguments against TPP

  on Is America About To Experience The Billion-Dollar Pain Of Corporate Sovereignty First Hand?
  No I am not overreaching. Lets say for instance when TPP is really being debated and considered by the Senate we all bring up how it was negotiated in secret and it was not subject to public scrutiny. The backers of TPP will say you had no problem with secrecy and no public scrutiny for FCC and net neutrality. That argument will now fall flat because of your inconsistency.
• Mar 3rd, 2015 @ 8:18am

  FCC Net Neutrality backers neutralizes their own arguments against TPP

  on Is America About To Experience The Billion-Dollar Pain Of Corporate Sovereignty First Hand?
  The best arguments that opponents of TPP had have now been neutralized by those who backed the FCC action on Net Neutrality. TPP Opponents have complained about the secrecy, lack of public input, corporate access to negotiators, the potential harm to the Internet infrastructure and freedom of speech. It has now been rendered mute by FCC Backers completely ignoring these same issues with the FCC and not only that but making excuses for why one is wrong in one situation but ok in another.
  
  TPP opponents who supported FCC actions have severely hobbled themselves and will find it difficult if not impossible to make their case against TPP now. YOU have made TPP is practically a foregone conclusion now because of YOUR efforts.
• Mar 2nd, 2015 @ 9:27pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Title II does not create net neutrality.

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  Regulation is a subset of control and their are aspects of regulation that do control. It controls competition, it controls growth, it controls innovation and incentive. So yes regulations does not mean direct control but absolutely it means indirect control and the effects are seldom good.
  
  Competition is self regulating and rewards those who do well and punishes those who do poorly. It is natural regulations as apposed to government regulation which is a poor substitute.
• Mar 2nd, 2015 @ 9:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Title II does not create net neutrality.

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  I will ad as well the genie will grant you your wish but it never comes as intended and ends up being a curse not a blessing.
• Mar 2nd, 2015 @ 9:17pm

  Re:

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  This one needs to go on the most insightful comment of the week.
• Mar 2nd, 2015 @ 9:10pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Title II does not create net neutrality.

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  AC
  
  We conservatives have fought a long and losing battle about maintaining the original intent of any law or regulation. Fact is introducing any regulations regime is like a letting a genie out of the bottle. Once out they give you your initial wish and then become unpredictable and uncontrollable. You can never get the genie back in the bottle.
  
  In fact the very analogy of a genie is be careful what you wish for because they ALWAYS come with unintended consequences and the consequences cannot be undone.
  
  FCC scope creep is coming. We don't even know yest what we are even getting.
  
  Remember income tax was sold as something temporary and the government would always keep them low. it was for the war you know.
• Mar 2nd, 2015 @ 4:11pm

  Re: Re: Title II does not create net neutrality.

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  I really am honestly shocked that the same people that fought against SOPA PIPA are so eager for the government to take over the Internet.
• Mar 2nd, 2015 @ 4:08pm

  Re: Re: Title II does not create net neutrality.

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  Mike "reasonable" is a term that invites litigation which means the courts will decide not the FCC.
• Mar 2nd, 2015 @ 2:35pm

  Title II does not create net neutrality.

  on Breaking: House Judiciary Committee Tells FCC It's Going To Block Net Neutrality Rules
  Title II under the Telecommunications Act does not require net neutrality or prohibit fast lanes and paid prioritization. In fact the law allows for fast lanes and paid prioritization it just cannot be discriminatory. In other words Comcast can offer fast lane service but it has to offer it to anyone who can afford to pay the extra fee. it just like an airline can offer First Class but they have to offer it to anyone who can pay for the First Class fare. They just cannot make exclusive deals.
  
  http://www.techpolicydaily.com/communications/title-ii-prohibit-paid-prioritization/
  So putting the Internet on Title II will not do what the backers thought it would do. It does not create net neutrality but actually codifies in law Internet companies right to offer fast lane paid prioritization.
• Feb 27th, 2015 @ 3:28pm

  Re: Government takeover was unnecessary

  on Wall Street Journal Upset That Wall Street Isn't Upset About Net Neutrality
  It is interesting that the RIAA/MPAA strong armed ISPs with the help of the Obama Administration into becoming copyright cops but we could not have used some pressure the ISPs into voluntarily adopting net neutrality principles.
• Feb 27th, 2015 @ 3:25pm

  Government takeover was unnecessary

  on Wall Street Journal Upset That Wall Street Isn't Upset About Net Neutrality
  Obama was all gung-ho and used the full force of his administration to get ISPs to police copyrights but had no interest at all in doing the same thing to get ISPs to voluntarily adopt net neutrality. Rather he went the government takeover route. Hmmm wonder why?
• Feb 27th, 2015 @ 2:58pm

  Re: Re: Educating on how the Internet Works

  on The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law
  There are certain protocols used by the Internet to set priority for traffic. There is QoS (Quality of Service) and COS (Class of Service). These are part of the network protocols are are essential to operate the Internet smoothly and not bog it down. These prioritize traffic based on the nature or importance of the traffic. Net Neutrality is a small part of this and actually has little effect on the Internet and will not change QoS or Cos which means in reality Net Neutrality is mainly a marketing term. Sad something so insignificant has now resulted in the government taking over the Internet.
• Feb 27th, 2015 @ 2:58pm

  Re: Re: Educating on how the Internet Works

  on The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law
  There are certain protocols used by the Internet to set priority for traffic. There is QoS (Quality of Service) and COS (Class of Service). These are part of the network protocols are are essential to operate the Internet smoothly and not bog it down. These prioritize traffic based on the nature or importance of the traffic. Net Neutrality is a small part of this and actually has little effect on the Internet and will not change QoS or Cos which means in reality Net Neutrality is mainly a marketing term. Sad something so insignificant has now resulted in the government taking over the Internet.

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