I agree that this proposal is bad and beyond the authority of the FCC. However, there is no point in pretending that the FEC will regulate in it's place. The FEC is a vestigial agency designed for gridlock and dysfunction that is incapable of doing anything. We need an independent FEC that can actually fix some of the problems in our election system rather than what we have, which is an agency of equal numbers of political appointees from each party, that always votes 3-3 to prevent action.
Obviously WBD and Zazlav are terrible and burning down a once respectable company. But the real tragedy is that US tax system pays companies to not make things. That's really what needs fixed.
I hereby nominate Mike Masnick to be the new CEO of Twitter following Elon losing his own poll. He's one of the few people who seem to actually understand the problems that Twitter has to deal with. I know he's busy here and all, but bringing intelligence and honesty to Twitter might be worth taking a break from Techdirt.
You mention SpaceX and Starlink several times in the article as a source of the problem, and then neglect to mention that they actually requested that the FCC implement this rule. Starlink satellites were designed around quick deorbiting at end of life from the beginning and are deliberately launched at a low enough altitude that they would deorbit within 5 years even with a complete loss of control.
The real question is why does HSI exist? Do they provide any functions that couldn't better be handled by the FBI? Disbanding / Folding into the FBI seems to be the easier solution
As a Charter customer with no other choices, I'm holding out hope for SpaceX and OneWeb to bring some competition with low latency internet from huge Low-Earth Orbit satellite constellations. SpaceX launches their first batch of satellites this month, OneWeb started theirs in February. Both companies are expecting to start selling service by 2021.
FEC is a vestigial agency
I agree that this proposal is bad and beyond the authority of the FCC. However, there is no point in pretending that the FEC will regulate in it's place. The FEC is a vestigial agency designed for gridlock and dysfunction that is incapable of doing anything. We need an independent FEC that can actually fix some of the problems in our election system rather than what we have, which is an agency of equal numbers of political appointees from each party, that always votes 3-3 to prevent action.
Taxation
Obviously WBD and Zazlav are terrible and burning down a once respectable company. But the real tragedy is that US tax system pays companies to not make things. That's really what needs fixed.
Mike for Twitter CEO
I hereby nominate Mike Masnick to be the new CEO of Twitter following Elon losing his own poll. He's one of the few people who seem to actually understand the problems that Twitter has to deal with. I know he's busy here and all, but bringing intelligence and honesty to Twitter might be worth taking a break from Techdirt.
Starlink
You mention SpaceX and Starlink several times in the article as a source of the problem, and then neglect to mention that they actually requested that the FCC implement this rule. Starlink satellites were designed around quick deorbiting at end of life from the beginning and are deliberately launched at a low enough altitude that they would deorbit within 5 years even with a complete loss of control.
The real question is why does HSI exist? Do they provide any functions that couldn't better be handled by the FBI? Disbanding / Folding into the FBI seems to be the easier solution
Competition
As a Charter customer with no other choices, I'm holding out hope for SpaceX and OneWeb to bring some competition with low latency internet from huge Low-Earth Orbit satellite constellations. SpaceX launches their first batch of satellites this month, OneWeb started theirs in February. Both companies are expecting to start selling service by 2021.
Research
If I did research, I would expect to find that cops that taze children had bad parents. Also they are bad parents.
Perjury
If they said in court that they wouldn't raise prices after the merger, and then immediately raised prices, wouldn't that be perjury?
Parallel Construction
So if I could have obtained something by buying it, it doesn't matter that I did obtain it by stealing it. I can get on board with that logic.
IDS
Would the public be able to sue for loss through an IDS tribunal?