[governance] Free Web Plan Being Pushed by FCC Head

[linda misek-falkoff]

Greetings and more information  insight and interpretation please?

"Free" sounds good, increasing access (4 all or at least many)..

Then, speculating down-stream,

Query:
are there prospects or possibilities that a limiting or limited content
access will become familiar and customary (payment free too, which is really
good marketing and in many many ways a great idea overall) so that people
become accustomed to restricted content .. then is it possible later it
won't be free anymore but all that is available?

Any *free speech* implications - pprominent or implied?  Any  discernible
'intended or unintended social or otherwise
*conditioning-effects* up for debate or discussion?

Just asking, your enlightening posts much appreciated,

Linda

Dr. L.D.Misek-Falkoff.
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Guru <guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

> While we debate on 'Internet for All' at IGF .. the USG is already thinking
> of making it happen ...
>
> Guru
>
>
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809560499668087.html?mod=rss_whats_news_technology
>
> Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing
> for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless
> Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless
> industry and some consumer groups.
>
> At its December meeting, the FCC could also consider new rules designed to
> speed up consideration of disputes between independent cable programmers and
> cable providers such as Time Warner Cable Inc. and Comcast Corp., which
> either refuse to carry some channels or put them on specialty tiers of
> service that cost subscribers more.
>
> The agency also will ask for more feedback on its proposal to require
> programmers to sell their channels to cable operators individually instead
> of in bundles.
>
> The free Internet plan is the most controversial issue the agency will
> tackle in December. Mr. Martin shelved plans to consider a wider variety of
> sticky issues pending at the agency, including a request by the Hollywood
> studios to hobble TVs and set-top boxes so studios can offer copy-protected
> theatrical releases sooner.
>
> The proposal to allow a no-smut, free wireless Internet service is part of
> a proposal to auction off a chunk of airwaves. The winning bidder would be
> required to set aside a quarter of the airwaves for a free Internet service.
> The winner could establish a paid service that would have a fast wireless
> Internet connection. The free service could be slower and would be required
> to filter out pornography and other material not suitable for children. The
> FCC's proposal mirrors a plan offered by M2Z Networks Inc., a start-up
> backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr.
>
> Consumer advocates have objected to the FCC's proposed pornography filter,
> while the wireless industry has objected to the entire free Internet plan.
> To address concerns about the filter, the FCC is proposing that adults could
> opt out and access all Internet sites.
>
> T-Mobile USA, in particular, has raised concerns. The Deutsche Telekom AG
> unit paid about $4 billion a few years ago for nearby airwaves and has
> complained that the free wireless Internet plan will likely result in
> interference for consumers of its new 3G wireless network. The FCC dismissed
> the company's interference concerns this fall, although T-Mobile disagreed
> with that finding.
>
> --
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
> IT for Change
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