Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tom Wheeler said on Feb. 4 that he backed Obama’s plan to reclassify the Internet as a public utility under the government agency’s Title II authority.
FCC commissioner Ajit Pai said in a press release on Feb. 6 that the plan “marks a monumental shift toward government control of the Internet.” Even a liberal think tank predicted that these regulations could result in a new $156 fee for American households."The liberal Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) predicted that households could pay an additional $156 in fees to federal, state, and local governments if regulators reclassified the internet as a public utility in a report released December, 2014. Revenue from these fees would total $15 billion per year, according to PPI."
http://www.mrc.org/articles/nets-barely-cover-obamas-internet-regulations Let's say all that is true; I'll just give you that one.
The alternative is to allow 5-6 big companies complete control of what goes over the internet. You also allow them to practice anti-trust; like they have been.
The type of anti-trust they have bee engaging in could cost this company hundreds of billions of dollars. It would be a huge hindrance to capitalism and free speech.
So which is the lesser of the two evils?
