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?
So, prosecute them under an anti-trust suit and keep the additional .gov control and regulation out of it.
Another power grab, another set of taxes and fees, and more .gov control of what is said, how, where, when, and why we do NOT need.
There are laws in place to fix this one identified problem without what is being proposed.
