Net neutrality

[Patrick Gray]

Dick,

   The Washington Post editor Brian Fung quotes an assertion from the New
York Attorney General that thousands of fake comments "may have" been made
on the FCC R&O website concerning 'Net Neutrality'.

Well, if  the New York Attorney General believes there is fraud, he should
file formal depositions to the FCC, then he should impanel a Grand Jury in
New York Sate and present evidence and not spout hearsay or "may have's" to
a Leftist Washington Post "reporter"

Pat KF4MTV

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 4:13 PM, RICHARD BARTH <w3hwn at comcast.net> wrote:

> AMRAD has always been as much involved with computers as with radio,
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> and the article was primarily concerned not so much with whether net
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> neutrality is a good idea as with reports that there have  been deliberate
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> efforts to contaminate the rulemaking process via fake comments.
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>
> Also, it wasn't an editorial. It was a news report.  And as we have seen
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> recently in the R&O (Report and Order) dealing with allocation of the new
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> LF bands, comments submitted in a rulemaking are often taken seriously.
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> AMRAD's and George Lemaster's comments were cited in the R&O that
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> gave hams the new bands.
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> The FCC is not supposed to consider the sheer weight of public
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> opinion, but rather technical considerations that may be brought up in
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> comments.  However, it is only human to consider whatever is sent in.
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> And if a lot of people (or bots) express similar sentiments, they are
> likely
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> to carry some weight, even if unconsciously, on the parts of Commission
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> decision-makers.  The fact that fraud is afoot is worth knowing.
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>
> Anyway, that's why I posted the article. If there is widespread
> disagreement,
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> I'll drop the point from the reflector.
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>
> Dick
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> 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> 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
> On November 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM Patrick Gray <patgperiod at gmail.com> wrote:
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