During a speech to donors in Sioux Falls Monday Sen. John Thune (earth hater-SD) said access to telecommunications is just too hard for some rural areas.
Three of the five Federal Communications Commission members said three changes that apply to tribal lands will help reduce waste, fraud and abuse, and expand communications networks that lag behind the rest of the country. Joe RedCloud of the Oglala Sioux Tribe said earlier this week that the changes will give Native Americans fewer or no options for mobile service. "This will be a travesty to Indian Country because it will turn back the clock to times when consumers had but one choice," he said this week. Many people still live without electricity, running water and phone service on reservations.Read the rest here.
"heavy-handed" = you are free to use the internet however you want to— Jason Emory Parker (@jaspar) November 21, 2017
"light-touch" = the company you pay for internet access can limit that freedom however they want https://t.co/r0J6nNjjq3
The FCC intends to totally repeal Net Neutrality tomorrow, meaning we will only see some people's websites quickly -- those who paid for the quicker lane. Think about what that means and grieve for your country. Sounds corny, kind of overdramatic, so maybe I should say it again.— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) November 21, 2017
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