03-10-2015, 12:33 AM
The next President of the United States Jeb Bush will make the Internet only for the rich official.
3-9-2015
JEB BUSH: Net neutrality is 'one of the craziest ideas I've ever heard'
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ®. Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and a likely Republican presidential candidate in 2016, weighed in on the FCC's recent ruling on net neutrality for the first time over the weekend, The Hill reports.
"The idea of regulating access to the internet with a 1934 law is one of the craziest ideas I've ever heard," Bush said.
Bush is referring to the Communications Act of 1934, which regulated "interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States ... a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of national defense."
The Communications Act was created because President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as lobbyists and state regulators, believed communications technology needed to be monitored and regulated so certain states, carriers, and customers did not face price discrimination.
Applying these rules to the internet, the principle of net neutrality says all data needs to be treated equally, regardless of who creates it — it provides a level playing field so new startups and services can compete with, and even supplant, established brands. But Bush apparently is not a fan of this idea
So while the FCC plans to protect the internet with these new rules, telecom companies, lobbyists, and politicians like Bush will continue to fight the decision for the foreseeable future.
3-9-2015
JEB BUSH: Net neutrality is 'one of the craziest ideas I've ever heard'
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ®. Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and a likely Republican presidential candidate in 2016, weighed in on the FCC's recent ruling on net neutrality for the first time over the weekend, The Hill reports.
"The idea of regulating access to the internet with a 1934 law is one of the craziest ideas I've ever heard," Bush said.
Bush is referring to the Communications Act of 1934, which regulated "interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States ... a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of national defense."
The Communications Act was created because President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as lobbyists and state regulators, believed communications technology needed to be monitored and regulated so certain states, carriers, and customers did not face price discrimination.
Applying these rules to the internet, the principle of net neutrality says all data needs to be treated equally, regardless of who creates it — it provides a level playing field so new startups and services can compete with, and even supplant, established brands. But Bush apparently is not a fan of this idea
So while the FCC plans to protect the internet with these new rules, telecom companies, lobbyists, and politicians like Bush will continue to fight the decision for the foreseeable future.
