Net neutrality

[RICHARD BARTH]

AMRAD has always been as much involved with computers as with radio,

and the article was primarily concerned not so much with whether net 

neutrality is a good idea as with reports that there have  been deliberate

efforts to contaminate the rulemaking process via fake comments.


Also, it wasn't an editorial. It was a news report.  And as we have seen

recently in the R&O (Report and Order) dealing with allocation of the new

LF bands, comments submitted in a rulemaking are often taken seriously.

AMRAD's and George Lemaster's comments were cited in the R&O that

gave hams the new bands.


The FCC is not supposed to consider the sheer weight of public

opinion, but rather technical considerations that may be brought up in

comments.  However, it is only human to consider whatever is sent in.

And if a lot of people (or bots) express similar sentiments, they are likely

to carry some weight, even if unconsciously, on the parts of Commission

decision-makers.  The fact that fraud is afoot is worth knowing.


Anyway, that's why I posted the article. If there is widespread disagreement,

I'll drop the point from the reflector.


Dick

>     Is the "tippys" reflector the correct vehicle in what is unarguably a political editorial?
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>     Is this directly about amateur radio, or the pursuit of radio technology?
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>     Pat KF4MTV
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>     On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 2:38 PM, RICHARD BARTH <w3hwn at comcast.net mailto:w3hwn at comcast.net > wrote:
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> >         https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/24/fcc-net-neutrality-process-corrupted-by-fake-comments-and-vanishing-consumer-complaints-officials-say/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_fcc-145pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.800d42aec2d7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/24/fcc-net-neutrality-process-corrupted-by-fake-comments-and-vanishing-consumer-complaints-officials-say/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_fcc-145pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.800d42aec2d7
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> >         On November 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM Patrick Gray <patgperiod at gmail.com> wrote:
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