Geoffrey Starks to leave FCC as new chair pushes “Delete, Delete, Delete” plan.
  • FirstCircle@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I wonder how long it will be before the Amateur Radio (ham) spectrum allocations are deleted? After all, that allotment is a set-aside for the good of the public, and we can’t give handouts like that to the commoners any more. Loafers and degenerates, make them PAY for their bandwidth, make them earn it.

    With enforcement deleted and existing public-use bands sold off to the highest-paying (or best-politically-connected) grifter, I hope high-power, not-exactly-legal mesh networks can get a foothold.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Loafers and degenerates, make them PAY for their bandwidth, make them earn it.

      Yikes man, this is exactly how capitalists think. You’re probably 100% prescient on this one

  • ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Welp, there goes the internet, for Americans at least. Hello censorship, throttling, bundle pricing and domain blocking.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      All the more reason to look at local mesh networking. Yeah you aren’t going to be streaming Netflix. But you will be able to access the services you need that require it.

    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Look, as an American technophile and web services developer, it would be the best thing for us. Just turn the Internet off. It was a bad fucking idea. Force people to interact with the people around them instead of self-selecting their social circle.

      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        The internet wasn’t a bad idea, we just somehow failed to see how letting billionaires seize the reins of a new global media empire could go badly - despite it being a story as old as time by now…

        • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I guess it comes down to how much is manipulation of algorithms and how much is just human nature. I don’t know the answer to that but I’m feeling pretty cynical right now.

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It’s worse than that. Iirc everytime republicans gain 2 out of 3 of Congress / Senate / president, they rip up enough regulations to cause a global recession.

      Thanks, America for taking a shit on the world. Again.

    • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Just set up a high-powered 6ghz radio and sublet your internet. FCC won’t have anyone to enforce laws.