During a speech to donors in Sioux Falls US Senator John Thune (earth hater-SD) said access to telecommunications is just too hard for some rural areas.
Despite the winter weather protestors in Sioux Falls and Rapid City turned out to add their voices to those who want to save net neutrality from the earth haters.
John Thune advances telecom for whites but thumbs his nose at tribes.
Telecom improvements have roots in the New Deal and was strengthened in South Dakota by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
Despite the winter weather protestors in Sioux Falls and Rapid City turned out to add their voices to those who want to save net neutrality from the earth haters.
Even the freezing cold can’t stop 16-year-old Will Howes from fighting for what he believes in. “It’s like open internet as we have it now will cease to exist,” said Howes.Protesters are heading to Verizon stores because Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai once worked at Verizon.Read it here.
I’ve come to the conclusion that removing net neutrality rules would be bad for the consumer and the small business owner — innovation would be stifled and creativity would be hampered. Recently, I’ve had to help clients with dropped calls, one-way conversations, network latency and packet loss. It’s frustrating to say the least, and I fear that if Internet Service Providers are given more freedom, we will suffer more.Read that here.
The end of the regulation will mean that Internet Service Providers like AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will have few worries about being penalized for engaging in paid prioritization, slowing service or curbing access to certain websites. In other words, broadband providers will have practically free reign to monetize the internet, which they certainly are anxious to do. In return, the gatekeepers of the internet that have spent freely to lobby lawmakers like Sen. John Thune — whose PAC and campaign have received $366,000 in telecom contributions since 2013 — promise consumers transparency when they roll out new plans that offer various levels of service at different price points.Read the editorial at the Rapid City Journal.
John Thune advances telecom for whites but thumbs his nose at tribes.
Telecom improvements have roots in the New Deal and was strengthened in South Dakota by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
— Pennington Co Dems (@PenningtonDems) December 8, 2017
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