[TriLUG] Move over Google: Wilson, NC did it a long, long time ago

[Michael Czeiszperger via TriLUG]

> On Feb 27, 2015, at 3:09 PM, John Vaughters via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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> Great list of dates yet none including rules. Not sure how TPP was injected, but that too is a fialure of transparency the we deserve.

If you’re looking for a bill or new law then there aren’t any.   The process through which they’ve worked to reclassify broadband has been as transparent enough for me at least.

http://www.fcc.gov/openinternet <http://www.fcc.gov/openinternet>

Here’s an analogy: there are safety regulations for cars and a separate set of regs for motorcycles.  Say a motorcycle company comes out with a new type of 3-wheel vehicle, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration classifies it as a motorcycle.   It doesn’t really matter since there aren’t that many of them out there.  Over time the vehicle gets an enclosed body,  seats that are side-by-side instead of being straddled, and it gets to look more like a car.  When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announces it wants to reclassify the vehicle as a car they don’t write new laws, but simply are announcing it will be treated as a car, and thus will have to follow all of the existing regulations pertaining to cars.

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Mike Czeiszperger
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