FCC Member Copps In Favor of Municipal WiFi

Cryofan writes "Michael Copps, one of the five members of the FCC, spoke on the recent controversy over legislation to outlaw municipal WiFi: "I think we do a grave injustice in trying to hobble municipalities. That's an entrepreneurial approach, that's an innovative approach. Why don't we encourage that instead of having bills introduced--'Oh, you can't do this because it's interfering with somebody's idea of the functioning of the marketplace...a municipality is a democratically run institution. They can make their own decisions. They don't need the Bells. They don't need the Administration, and they don't need me telling them what kind of decision they should be making.'"

I'm mixfused

[Attackman]

Am I supposed to like these guys now? It's rare they say anything that I agree with. Who knows, maybe this cat is the silent minority that doesn't want the broadcast flag and strongly supports boobs on TV.

IMichael?

[XanC]

Is he an Apple product, or does he just chat online a lot?

Either way, hardcore!

Re:IMichael?

[Temporal]

I thought he was a COM interface at first.

Today in Bizarro Land

[Anonymous Coward]

We're happy Microsoft won a court motion. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/03/04/2016235.shtml ?tid=109&tid=123 [slashdot.org]

Justice is served in the American court system. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/03/04/0531204.shtml ?tid=155&tid=123 [slashdot.org]

Half of Slashdot is mad at Apple. http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/03/04/138234.sh tml?tid=123&tid=153&tid=3 [slashdot.org]

The FCC is our friend. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/03/04/1828200.shtml ?tid=153&tid=187&tid=123 [slashdot.org]

What happened to predictability?

Re:I'm mixfused

[ackthpt]

Am I supposed to like these guys now? It's rare they say anything that I agree with. Who knows, maybe this cat is the silent minority that doesn't want the broadcast flag and strongly supports boobs on TV

Reading the FCC board?

Muni WiFi OK

Boobs on TV not OK

Surfing pr0n over Muni WiFi ?

"Officer, that horrible man is looking at women's bare ankles on a computer, over the Municipal Wireless! Oh, I'm so shocked, I've a good mind to write my a letter to my ultra conservative congressional representative!"
"Lady ... that's him looking at the computer and rubbing his crotch."

OT: Re:I'm mixfused

[ThisIsFred]

Why don't they require something useful, like a boob-cast flag? Then I could set my DVR to only record shows with the BCF set to 'TRUE'.

Re:OT: Re:I'm mixfused

[parliboy]

Then you'd only get C-SPAN. Big bunch of boobs on that channel...