Patterico's Pontifications

2/25/2015

Net Neutrality Vote Tomorrow

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 5:35 pm



Enjoy your last few hours of freedom before Barack Obama gets his hands on your information pipeline.

16 Responses to “Net Neutrality Vote Tomorrow”

  1. Patterico (9c670f) — 2/25/2015 @ 5:37 pm

  2. I’m sure you’re shocked:

    http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/soros-ford-shovel-196-million-to-net-neutrality-groups-staff-to-white-house/article/2560702

    narciso (ee1f88) — 2/25/2015 @ 5:39 pm

  3. Anybody remember the discussion about “smart” meters for the electrical grid? How it would be all kinds of wonderful and save the planet from carbon dioxide (etc) if we had meters that could raise and lower the price of a kilowatt of power usage depending on whether or not the weather was hot, the sun was shining, river was high, the price of gas was low, the user was a consumer or a corporation, the moon was full… Given different demands and different providers all competing for a share of the one delivery grid, we NEEDED, (so it was argued) a way to differentiate the pricing for the USERS of the power grid.

    There seems to me to be an awful lot of overlap among those who argued a half-decade ago in FAVOR of differential pricing via smart meters for electricity, and those who now argue AGAINST differential pricing by ISP metering plans for differing kinds and sources and times of day usage of DATA. Almost as if there were some sort of, I dunno, differentiated STANDARD, or two, in play here.

    There is of course the historical requirement that the Post Office deliver all envelopes, cartons, or packages, in the sequence accepted. The USPS never charges different shippers different rates. While other industries might allow “Priority” service, where the highest price quoted would allows some customers to “jump to the front of the queue” and grab resources on the next delivery truck, regardless of how much other stuff must be “bumped”; the local neighborhood USPS delivery service and mailman will bring every envelope, parcel, flyer, postcard, coupon sachel, and present from Grandma to your house exactly on the same, neutral, basis, all at one flat rate — when and if there’s capacity in the system, first come, first served. The fairness and general wonderfulness of the US Postal Service management would never charge one class of customer a higher rate to subsidize other users, and they would never build capacity around the scheduling needs of a major user, like, say, Sears (once upon a time) or Amazon. (these days) Am I Right?

    Pouncer (ed0078) — 2/25/2015 @ 5:47 pm

  4. Actually, Pouncer, the Post Office does give priority to Bulk Rate (advertisements). Those get delivered even if First Class does not.

    nk (dbc370) — 2/25/2015 @ 6:00 pm

  5. Political mail, too.

    nk (dbc370) — 2/25/2015 @ 6:01 pm

  6. i hate him so much

    not unlike sally kohn if i ever have a kid i want them to become a lesbian and hate barack obama’s stupid fascist guts and make me lots of gay wedding cakes without whining about it

    all different flavors

    happyfeet (831175) — 2/25/2015 @ 6:41 pm

  7. Now the EFF is getting worried about the FCC. You know what EFF? You can F off as it was organizations like yours causing the fake problem.

    OT: Patterico, what did you think of today’s Yates decision?

    seeRpea (1b7b74) — 2/25/2015 @ 6:49 pm

  8. a classic Captain Tupolev* maneuver on their part

    the chief of the Russian sub, in Red October, who ends up targeted by his own torpedo,

    narciso (ee1f88) — 2/25/2015 @ 7:05 pm

  9. any further questions?

    http://theconservativist.blogspot.com/2009/10/mark-lloyd-on-net-neutrality.html

    narciso (ee1f88) — 2/25/2015 @ 7:08 pm

  10. All of this heartache could have been avoided if more folks listened to Scalia’s Brand X dissent some 10 years ago.

    sing (bbbfe8) — 2/25/2015 @ 7:13 pm

  11. OT: Patterico, what did you think of today’s Yates decision?

    Not much. I’m not sure I ever expected to say this, but Kagan was right and Alito and Roberts were wrong.

    Patterico (9c670f) — 2/25/2015 @ 7:32 pm

  12. a fish is not a document:

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2015/02/25/yates-decision-on-missing-fish-may-tip-roberts-hand-on-king-v-burwell/2/

    paging Kafka to the white courtesy phone.

    narciso (ee1f88) — 2/25/2015 @ 7:36 pm

  13. Ah, just when I think Patterico might give a break from the constant doom, it seems I am wrong. It’s not that I disagree with you, but I can’t spend my life burning with fury at Washington or it will drive me insane.

    OmegaPaladin (8399d1) — 2/26/2015 @ 12:56 am

  14. Omega, the NSA has just marginally adjusted its profile of you. Dear Leader is less annoyed. Congratulations.

    Beldar (fa637a) — 2/26/2015 @ 6:15 pm

  15. Seriously, I agree we have to prioritize our outrages.

    Actions that will, inexorably, let them get away with repressing free speech are near the top of my priority list, though. This is one.

    Beldar (fa637a) — 2/26/2015 @ 6:16 pm

  16. Did title II regulation of telephony repress speech?

    sing (bbbfe8) — 2/27/2015 @ 12:30 am


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