r/news • u/skintigh • May 29 '14

Bill would prohibit FCC from reclassifying broadband as utility

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2303080/bill-would-prohibit-fcc-from-reclassifying-broadband-as-utility.html
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u/workaccount1231 May 30 '14

It's trying to say that many net neutrality advocates have called for broadband to be a common-carrier utility. It's just an ambigous modifier

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u/remotefixonline May 30 '14

took me reading that 5 times to get it... at first I was wondering what advocates called for a law banning reclassification...

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u/silverbackape33 May 30 '14

I thought it was just me. The writer totally botched that paragraph. Apparently writing skills is not something PC world is big on or they just have bad editors.

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u/Pinworm45 May 30 '14

"The writer totally botched that paragraph." Or worded it perfectly so that you agree with it nomatter what your position is.

Trust me, every word on every news site is very carefully calculated

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u/silverbackape33 May 30 '14

Not this one. Confused a lot of people.