Eisenach & the FCC - was: [Re: Here we go again.]

Sun Nov 13 21:42:14 UTC 2016

Public policy affecting networks is a legitimate topic. Net neutrality has been discussed countless times on this board with no objection from anybody.

Regards,

Roderick.

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Subject: Re: Eisenach & the FCC - was: [Re: Here we go again.]

Before this snowball gets any bigger, I would like to reiterate the previous commenter calling for this present political discussion to move elsewhere. Here's the NANOG AUP we've all agreed to:

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On Nov 13, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer at mauigateway.com<mailto:surfer at mauigateway.com>> wrote:

--- jfmezei_nanog at vaxination.ca<mailto:jfmezei_nanog at vaxination.ca> wrote:

The president elect chose Mr Eisenach to help fill jobs in FCC
and other telecom areas of govt.
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That'll have impact on ops, if some of the papers are correct.
Briefly:

https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/09/under-trump-the-future-of-net-neutrality-and-broadband-is-uncert
[https://s.aolcdn.com/dims5/amp:a6317e0b93421c087f056ab209b700d98a021849/t:1200,630/q:80/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs.aolcdn.com%2Fdims-shared%2Fdims3%2FGLOB%2Fcrop%2F4666x2539%2B0%2B0%2Fresize%2F1600x871%21%2Fformat%2Fjpg%2Fquality%2F85%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fs.aolcdn.com%2Fhss%2Fstorage%2Fmidas%2F914aeeebf580a22eca2109764d528600%2F204549332%2F2d3a00d2e6d34d28a309ce5a6622451b.jpeg]<https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/09/under-trump-the-future-of-net-neutrality-and-broadband-is-uncert>

Under Trump the future of Net Neutrality and broadband is uncertain<https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/09/under-trump-the-future-of-net-neutrality-and-broadband-is-uncert>
www.engadget.com
On January 20th, Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States. With a Republican-controlled House and Senate behind him, things in this count...

"Eisenach has made a career out of crusading against industry
regulation"

"...authored several papers and op-ed pieces that were funded by
Net Neutrality opponents ..."

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-fcc-net-neutrality-zero-rating-policy-future-2016-11

"The Economics of Zero Rating." In it, Eisenach defends the concept,
writing that "broad-based bans or restrictions on zero-rating plans
are likely to be counterproductive and harm consumer welfare."

Interesting times ahead...

scott