President Obama Urges the FCC to Enforce Net Neutrality
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The message from some 80 percent of Americans to the Federal Communications Commission is essentially, “don’t mess with the Internet.” President Obama is also on board. But major interests say “net neutrality” may not be all it’s cracked up to be.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | Is net neutrality essential to the American way of life? |
| 0:15.5 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:19.5 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. The Federal Communications Commission is faced with a crucial |
| 0:24.4 | decision on open access to the Internet. A surveys show 80% of Americans want the FCC |
| 0:30.3 | to prohibit providers from giving enhanced access to customers that pay more. The President |
| 0:35.3 | agrees. But providers, like Time Warner Cable, Verizon, and AT&T say that will discourage innovations and investments that improve service for everyone. As the pressure rises for action, will the FCC put toll lanes on the information super highway? |
| 0:52.1 | Today's talking point landing on a comet in outer space three times. |
| 0:56.9 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:21.8 | Hello again, Mormon-A-Lay, back with To the Point. The message from some 80% of Americans to the Federal Communications Commission is |
| 1:28.0 | essentially don't mess with the Internet. President Obama is also on board, but major interests |
| 1:33.9 | say net neutrality may not be all it's cracked up to be. We'll hear more about that. Today's |
| 1:39.2 | talking point, the European Space Agency probe called Feli made its first landing on a speeding comet and then |
| 1:45.7 | bounced twice, but it is sending back pictures. We'll hear what they show. First, this news update. |
| 1:52.0 | Republicans have already warned President Obama about playing with fire, but it appears he will |
| 1:56.4 | order protection from deportation for some five million undocumented immigrants anyway. |
| 2:02.3 | Fawn Johnson reports for the National Journal. Hi Fawn. Good to have you on our program. |
| 2:06.4 | Good to be here. Tell us to how many people the president's order might affect and what exactly |
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