this isn't how the fcc should operate. ould be an independent agency making decisions in a transparent manner based on the law and the facts in the record. we shouldn't be a rubber stamp for political decisions made by the white house. and we should have released this plan to the public solicited their feedback incorporated that input into the plan and then proceeded to a vote. there was no need for us to resolve this matter today. there is no immediate crisis in the internet marketplace that demands immediate action. now, the backers of the president's plan know this. but they also know that the details of this plan cannot stand up to the light of day. they know that the more the american people learn about it the less they will like it. that is why this plan was developed behind closed doors at the white house. and that is why the plan has remained hidden from public view. these aren't my only concerns. even a cursory look at the plan reveals glaring legal plans that are sure to mire the agency in the muck of litigation f

what does the fcc proposed to do? >> guest: so this is more or less what a lot of the activists have been calling for for for long time time and with for for longtime and what president obama is called forwards is essentially the strongest rule the fcc could come out with. the basic idea of net neutrality is that internet providers shouldn't be able to control what you can access on line that all traffic should be treated equally. the rules would say that providers like comcast or verizon couldn't block the web sites you access, couldn't slow down traffic or prioritize certain traffic based on which web companies pay for it. a lot of the debate over the past year has been actually sort of technical debate about the fcc's authority so the original rules that the fcc chairman tom wheeler proposed in may got a lot of backlash because people believe he wasn't using the proper legal authority so now what he would do is to invoke what is called title ii communications act which means he will essentially treat the internet li

the fcc's own preferences clear. the order argues taxing broadband potentially could spread the base of contributions and could add to the stability of the universal service fund. for those not familiar, let me translate. taxing broadband would make it easier to spend more money with minimal public oversight. we have seen this gameplay before during reform of the eu rate program in july of 2014 the fcc to lobbyists it would raise the taxes after the election to pay for promises being made, and sure enough in december of 2014 the agency did just that. public reports indicated the federal government is eager to tap this knew revenue stream to spend more of consumers hard earned dollars. when it comes to broadband read my lips, more knew taxes are coming. it is just a matter of when. second, affect on consumers slower broadband. internet regulations will work as serious harm on consumers. the record is replete with records that it will slow innovation. let's remember that broadband networks don't have to be built capitol

the fcc ruling is relevant. connect people to government services and give them the experience -- is almost like shopping on amazon or hailing a cab via uber. you want to be engaged with those processes. that is really what this funding is all about. >> you guys have raised a bunch of money in the last year or two. >> in the past 15 months we raised $200 million. >> talk to me about what the opportunity looks like. is it going into the city of los angeles, the state of florida and selling those big deals? or is it thousands of small local governments that are much more plentiful? >> it's both. when you think about what the cloud brings to government, it levels the playing field. the big cities and counties, it's easy for them to fund these types of projects where they were traditionally very expensive. the cloud levels the playing field and makes it so that the small cities and counties here in the bay area and around the u.s. can use the same products in san francisco, l.a., and new york and washington, d.c. >>

new rules from the fcc. peter cook thank you very much. more through the hour on this big issue. we will be right back. ♪ >> all right, fcc chairman tom wheeler speaking right now. carried the day with the votes. let's listen in. >> we saw some graphic illustrations of the citizens today, talking about the challenges we are trying to address. the open internet order puts in line bright line rules that ban blocking, ban throttling and dan paid prioritization fast lanes -- vbban paid prioritization fast lanes. for the first time, open internet will be fully available to mobile. consumers now know that content online will not cannot be blocked or their service throttled. today's action ensures the rights of internet users to say what they want and go where they want when they want, no matter how or where they access the internet, whether it is on their desktop computer or smartphone. internet innovators now know they will have open access to consumers without worrying for paid for preference fast lanes or gateke

host: you mentioned the fcc voting on this. when did that happen and what is the timeline on these relations to take place? and of congress have a voice -- does congress have a voice in its? guest: february 26. they have to get three votes from the five commissioners. i think it's a sure thing that they are going to approve these rules. it will go into effect but he after that, as i understand it. what is going on right now is republicans on capitol hill are scrambling to find some alternative solution or compromise. we will see what happens there. they are proposing a lot of the same rules that the net neutrality advocates would want in terms of no blocking website, no slowing down traffic, no mobile devices. they are willing to give a lot in terms of being able to avoid invoking this title ii authority that they are afraid of. host: let's open up the lines. caller: my name is steve nelson. i have media column -- mediacom and i heard it was part of comcast. and my internet usage keeps on going up five dollars each year. for the

and asked the fcc to implement it. e document in front of us today differs dramatically from the proposal the fcc put out for comments last may, and it differs so dramatically that even zealous net neutrality advocates frantically rushed in to make last-minute filings registering their concerns that the fcc might be going too far. if the american people to this day have not been allowed to see -- yet the american people to this day have not been allowed to see president obama's plan. senate commerce committee chairman john thune and house committee -- house of representatives committee chairman john upton did the same. 79% of the american people favor making the document public. but still, the fcc has insisted on keeping it behind closed doors. we have to pass president obama's 317 page plan so the american people can find out what is in it. this is not how the fcc should operate. we should be an independent agency, making decisions in a transparent manner based on the law and the facts and the record. we should not be

we analyzed that service under the existing laws and said the fcc could call that a title ii service today and not have to go back and reclassify and build a strong net neutrality on the new service rather than the whole thing. we have supported reclassification the more commonly discussed path to get to such things. we want to provide opportunities so it isn't a debate between declassification and an opposite path. but create diversity. we will like we succeeded with that. we ended up being one of the first ones out of the gate to create a diversity of options that we think help sets the baseline to get where we are at. >> what kind of feedback did you get from advocating groups like free press? >> some were concerned and they were concerned about the proposal about the risk of it being overturned on court review. our proposal was based on interupting different things and each phrase is a place where we made a call saying the fcc can chose to read this statutory language in this way and this is going to be a testing point when a decision would go to court review. allies felt it was a

and you know, i have been a fighter for process reform at the fcc. and i will continue to work on process reform. the chairman said that his initiatives were to be transparent, so that is why am disappointed with how this played out. on march 19, we will meet and the staff will be spending time on capitol hill. we have a lot of important telecommunications issues, budget issues, it is time to do our due diligence on operations. >> greg walden is it the chair of the telecommunications subcommittee. >> sees them, created -- c-span, created by america's cable companies and brought you as a service. >> tomorrow, house majority leader kevin mccarthy and democratic whip address the 2015 america israel public affairs conference. live coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> keep track of the republican congress and follow the new members through the first session. new congress, best access on c-span c-span2, c-span radio and c-span.org. on wednesday, the supreme court heard oral arguments in a case testing whether clothing retailer abercrombie

this is just the standard fcc process. it did it almost on steroids with lots of workshops, town hall meetings obviously town hall meetings. and at the end, at the very end, some people are asking well, this should be done differently than the commission has ever done in the last 20 years. it's a little late in the game to change the rules. the initial decision under the panel fcc that got us here was, itself, controversial. it went to the ninth sir cut the ninth sir cut overturned the commission. the ninth circuit refused to take the case and then that was overturned. >> you're referring to the initial classification? >> the initial title, that's right. the initial deregulatory approach. you had a ninth sir cut reversing the fcc and since that time, the fcc has seshltly struggled to try to figure out how to operate in the space. >> there is a process an old process, for putting a tentive decision out for further public notice and comment. and that was used in computer 2 in the early '780s. >> to me the biggest problem rea

there's been battles between party -- people of same party at the fcc. i just don't see anything new here. it's like groundhog day the same story about partisanship gets written every single administration. i don't find it a whole lot different now. >> host: closing question? >> so every article about your boss, tom wheeler refers to him as a former cable and wireless lobbyist. >> guest: i hate that, yeah. [laughter] >> how should he be remembered now after his tenure at the fcc is over? >> guest: i think chairman wheeler will be remembered as a perp for whom the american people -- as a person for whom the american people was his biggest and most important client. i mean, he really -- i really wish people could see him in some of our staff meetings or when he's out of the spotlight, because that's what he cares about. he cares about doing the right thing. it's not an accident that a i went to go work for him, you know? it was not an accident that he asked me to come work for him. he really has progressive values, he really cares about serving the american

he said it was time to demolish the fcc. it was a junior varsity congress and makes decisions based on politics rather than sound data. that's what democrats used to say when they complained about the republican fcc. that's what barack obama was getting at when it was a senator back in 2007. he was right. i think they would be much better off with a general purpose regulator like the federal trade commission that dealt with these problems. >> i have a worse case scenario. the reclassification is upheld and the forebearance is overturned. >> well, on that note, it ends. thank you for coming. we'll see you at the version of this event. it's 317 pages. thank you. [ applause ] >>> the texas federal judge's order to block president obama's no deportation order. newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the political landscape has changed with 114th congress. not only are there 43 new returns and 14 new democrats ins the house and 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate. there's 108 women in congre

and high rates were charged at various facilities to make phone calls and for the first time the fcc contemplated regulation of enter state rates they announced in july an intent to raise the rates but not the direction to at that time we paused our rfp process to make sure our rfp was responsible responsive to federal regulation in october of 2014 the fcc indicated through lob a ceiling at $0.21 for prepaid and 20 important collect calls they'll lloyd like to eliminate the surcharge fees the intent behind this to lower the fees to the inmates can have a lower amount and reduce the recidivism so in that 3 month enter eloquently process that was on hold we issued in december and our rfp district attorney meet the requirements of fcc in light intervening period the sheriff's went to washington, d.c. to mediate meet with the commissioners and talk about his position regarding inmate calling rates as you recall we drastically increased the call rates and reduce the inmate calling rates by 20 percent under the sheriff's discretion kind of opened by the indication of the fcc they were will

and i don't think the next fcc chairman. he may try to throw out the whole regime and do something that is less regulatory. so i don't buy the next chairman argument because the rules are only as good as the guy or gal on the eighth floor enforcing them. so we have to do our best to set-up infrastructure that pro protects consumers. >> there has been a lot of talk about the net neutrality process and preserving the internet the way it is. but the way it is today a large amount of americans don't have access to high speed broadband ad home. that is the question of rate regulations. isn't there a case of a program in order to make broadband available to a greater reer percentage of homes >> guest: there is a program like this that is not rate regulation. it ensures people in the deepest rural areas and poorest urban areas get an opportunity to get broadband. it hasn't solved the problem. the existence isn't solving the problem. we put out a study a couple weeks ago showing 53% of rural americans don't have access to what we are

he still has to get the vote at the fcc. -- the votes at the fcc. >> he also is to outline the legal framework. i was listening to the call on the background of the fcc, really going through in great detail the legal framework under which the proposal is framed to try to protect them from those who might throw it out from the antiregulation crowd. >> i think we know for certain there will be lawsuit. there were lawyers per carry for the lawsuits before he announced it. the fcc does feel confident in decision moving over. i can tell you for the cable companies and some of the big telecom firms, they feel just as strongly they have an opportunity as they have passed with the fcc rulemaking in this area, as they have an opportunity to shoot this down in some form or fashion. >> peter cook, thank you for your help on this story. an instant impact on internet and cable companies in the stock market. scarlet fu, chief market correspondent, the line sent the cable stocks on fire. >> investors look past the idea that wheeler is employing the use of utility, even though he says there will be

so we are in the world today where we are looking at the possible reclassification that the fcc is talking about and net neutrality in saying that, you know, this is just not would have its big of an impact on the way the market is going. and i am certainly of that opinion as well. >> host: when you are at the state department, what did you work on? >> guest: i worked on internet freedom. there's a pool of money. there is money that are used for technology development, digital safety training, and other activities. usaid has another program as well, their other divisions of the government that execute this as well. i was part of the team that helps manage those trends. one way used to describe my job as an article became a couple of years ago that said that the nsa is trying to break [inaudible] while the [inaudible] is supporting it. >> host: has this been a successful endeavor? the internet freedom initiative? >> guest: i would say it is making success and it's making progress. but yes, it is a top fight. internet freedom is very much in jeopardy on being attacked on a number of fronts a

who knows how the fcc we will pursue its regulatory authority here. they're are parts that will not rise to the level of the full commission. the entire advisory opinion framework is something that is delegated expressly to the enforcement bureau. the decisions they make are made on their own and the decisions we will not even be made available to the commissioners. that is, in effect substantive regulation being done at the bureau level that four of us will never have a chance to see. >> two parts and then the next question. your question in terms of whether we saw changes to the document. my staff at my request did ask a number of fundamental questions on what the bases was once we have a document and soft those answers from the chairman's staff. the answers we got back were not only not sufficient, they did not answer the questions we wanted. and they were not actionable. we were so frustrated. it was not an opening to submit pages and pages. there is such a fundamental disagreement with the direction of this item that it is problematic to see how y

you're a commissioner of the fcc. at can you do about this now that the horse is already out the barn door? >> it is incumbent on a fcc to do a full and thorough investigation into these particular applications. the integrity of the designated entity program is at stake. if it turns out that the scandal is what is legal under our rules, it is incumbent upon the agency to reform the rules to close these loopholes. i would note that i dissented last year from a number of proposals to loosen the rules even further. i predicted almost exactly this result, corporate interests would find ways to arbitrage the system and game it at the expense of the american taxpayer. my only regret is i turned out to be right. >> why do you think the other fcc commissioners went for this? they support some of the same goals. is this about maximizing revenue and letting the biggest bidders win in the interests of competitive entrants, women and minorities be damned? >> you would need to speak to them. we seem to share the same goals of havin

the fcc is an independent agency and ultimately, this decision is theirs alone. but the public has commented nearly 4 million times. >> after much anticipation the chair of the federal communications commission has unveiled what he calls "the strongest open internet protections ever proposed to the agency." we will look at this victory for net neutrality. into the case of sami al-arian. >> i was confined 23 hours a day, and sometimes for weeks, 24 hours a day. i wasn't allowed to call my family for six months. i wasn't allowed to make a single phone call. >> a prominent palestinian activist in florida professor sami al-arian was deported from the united states this week. in one of the most controversial prosecutions of the post-9/11 era, laila al-arian al-arian was accused, but a jury failed to convict him. since 2003, al-arian has been 5.5 years in jail and many more under house arrest. he will join us from turkey in a broadcast exclusive. and we will speak to his daughter laila. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war

it is in front of the fcc's integrity. sh claiming $3 billion worth of discounts makes a mockery of the entire program. >> yeah, what was the purpose of that sp -- that program? what was it intended to do? >> originally congress directed the fcc to set up a program to help small entrepreneurs get a foothold in the wireless industry, and engage in what is called facilities-based competition, using spectrum that they get at auction, building a network, and providing end user service. but what has happened now is the fcc has loosened the rules over the years so much that we get a situation in which the big, sophisticated corporate interest can gain the system and use these shell corporations in order to get multibillion-dollar discounts. i think that is wrong, as a commissioner and taxpayer. >> the notion was to help small businesses to help competition to help women and minorities. dish is none of that. >> our policy should be facilitating market entry, and we are always glad to see new small business, new, diverse female own

the fcc is going to tfa proposal . and we delete providers are going to see their state and property and other taxes go up. those are going to be proposed on consumers as well. the wallet will feel the pinch first. >> the tax bill is a separate thing from title ii. >> the regulations themselves are going to be very far-reaching if and when the fcc releases the plan. some of the media -- immediate effects are going to be severe as well. >> you have been carting around the proposal. what is it that is really worry some? >> the extent to which they are inserting themselves into every aspect of how the internet works. net neutrality was meant to encompass the relationship between internet service provider and a customer, the last mile connectivity. this document through a narrow majority approved yesterday goes before -- goes far beyond that, relegating the nuts and bolts of the internet. even service plans that wireless broadband providers may offer. there is still a lot of uncertainty about how these rules will be applied

you wonder whether the administration and fcc go down that path. at is one example of the pandora's box that has been open thanks to title ii. cory: sit with us over the commercial break, and i want to talk about municipal broadband another important thing the fcc does. be right back. ♪ cory: i want to get two more minutes with the fcc commissioner. you guys ruled yesterday that state laws, at least in two places, should be overturned, or they should get an exemption, in chattanooga and wilson, north carolina, to offer local broadband. is there actual competition in the world of broadband? ajit: i think there isn't enough competition. one of the reasons for this exemption is strictly a legal one. i do not take a particular view on any given municipal broadband project. some people say they are useful, injecting competition into an uncompetitive marketplace. i step away from that entire debate. focusing solely on the question before the fcc, under the constitution and the laws of the united states, does the fcc have a legal power to block state law r

look at the fcc as the past. was a previous commissioner, i was reading something that chairman wheeler wrote when he first came to office, and one of the early -- one of the commissioners 20, 25 years ago was smart, they allocated spectrum for wireless. but his position was, we'll do it, but wireless is a frivolous application. and because he felt it was frivolous, it got delayed for 15 years we would have been way further ahead had it not been delayed the way i read what he wrote. there's so much uncertainty that's introduced because a, you have the courts, who knows what's going to happen, who knows who's going to sue. it could be that, you know, jon fortt is suing because people want pure a la carte and don't like his segment and don't want to pay for his segment on cnbc when they go to the website. >> we know that's not going to happen. >> of course not. you see the absurdity when everything is sent to the courts. >> how about -- >> and then we will have a new chairman in two years probably. >> yep. >> how a

erik:>> today at the fcc, it is nothing but net. regulators prepare for a landmark vote on net neutrality. the incredibly shrinking retailer sears is not losing as much money as it was. the undocumented immigrant who became a star at goldman sachs in the u.s.. welcome to market makers. i seem to have misplaced stephanie ruhle. i'm terrified all by myself. i'm going to kick it off with the top business stories of the morning. sears is getting smaller and so are its losses. the retailer cut its losses by more than half in the fourth quarter. it has now lost money 11 quarters in a row. eddie lampert has been shrinking the store base and separating units to generate cash. they want to form a real estate investment trust to leaseback the stores. first-time jobless claims rose by the most in more than a year last week. it was well above the estimate. inflation at the consumer level took a dive last month. prices fell zero point 7%, probably due to falling energy prices. the cpi actually rose. the fcc is headed toward a landmark vote on reg

the fcc could have gone further if they wanted to. the words of tom wheeler, this is a historic day. >> today is a red letter day for internet freedom, for consumers who want to use the internet on their terms for innovators who want to reach consumers without the control of gatekeepers for a future in which there are rules to protect the internet and its users. >> but it was a deeply divided fcc, two republican commissioners highly critical of this proposal saying the government is stepping in where it does not belong and will do more harm than good for the internet overall. >> this order imposes intrusive government regulations that won't work to solve a problem that doesn't exist, using legal authority the fcc does not have. accordingly, i dissent. >> it was a lengthy dissent from pai. in the end, the vote was 3-2 in favor. a whole host of people in the room, supporters of the chairman's proposal celebrating, cheering at the end. steve was a knack among them. he told me afterwards this was a victory for consumers. >> how confident

it's an affront to the fcc's integrity. his affront to all these wireless entrepreneurs for whom these the business discounts were intended to go. dish claiming $3 billion worth of those discounts makes a mockery of the entire program. >> what was the purpose of that program? what was it intended to do? >> congress directed the fcc to set up a program to help a small entrepreneurs get a foothold in the wireless industry. and engage in what's called facilities-based competition. using spectrum they get it auctions, building out a network, and actually providing end-user service. what's happened now is the sec -- the fcc has loosened these rules so much where we get a situation where the big sophisticated corporate interest can game the system and use the shell corporations in order to get multibillion dollar discounts. i think that's wrong, both as a commissioner and the taxpayer. >> i think the notion was to help small businesses, to help competition, to help women and minorities. dishes none of that. -- dish is none of that

the fcc has had this authority. question is going to reassert the authority for the communications infrastructure of the 21st century. it's not rocket science. >> i wonder, the isp argument aside, we understand they have a vested interest, the argument is that title ii is not the best way to do it. are there problems with title ii? why is title ii the best way to pursue this? >> title ii is the best way because it is the only solid legal foundation. the courts have told us that. if you want to do net neutrality rules, which the courts indicated is something the fcc is authorized to do, you have to do it under the right legal foundation. when the commission in 2002 voted that cable broadband was not a telecommunications service, it wiped out that argument. nobody can predict the outcome of what happens when these decisions go to court. if we are going to court, i want to go with the soundest legal foundation there is. clearly that is title ii. >> we know the lawyers are going to be paid for this. someone is going to g

>> i view our role at the fcc as vindicating the public interest.pinion, the public interest is driven fundamentally by what is good for american consumers. the question about commercial reasonableness or not is something we have applied in a great many contexts. i'm sure we could do it here to vindicate the consumer interest. what happened in this case in unprecedented fashion, the president directing the fcc in early november to change course. that is more than any change of mind, what is driving this bus. >> taxes, you mentioned heavy taxes. isn't there already a rule in place, the internet tax freedom act that prevents there from being any taxes on the internet? how could that lead to more taxes? >> the internet tax freedom act only applies to a sales tax on internet access. it does not apply to the fees that would necessarily follow from us reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service which is what we are on the brink of doing. if you look on the phone bill and see that universal service fee, this order explicitly leaves the door ope

it may be as open as the fcc has ever been but is it open enough? >> i agree. nows more about the secret workings of the fcc than most of us could ever possibly know. it is not traditional for the fcc to circulate its orders ahead of a vote. they may still be making changes to them. i would like to see the 332 pages that are allegedly in the report we understand we have to wait until the vote. given the magnitude of what is happening, and the size literally of what is coming you can understand why members of congress and others are increasingly agitated about what is coming. >> is the interest over this issue something you think we are going to see since technology is as important in ways it has never been before? >> i think so. is an amazingly fed had 4 million people contact the fcc force mainly arcane is net neutrality, which is not an organizing terminology and going beyond that to title ii. that is because people really understand that what we are talking about is their communications infrastructure. their platform to talk to one another to find jobs, to do

what the fcc's new rules mean for the future of the world wide web. welcome to "the journal editorial report," i'm paul gigot. tensions between the obama administration and benjamin netanyahu escalated this week, just days before his planned a dr.ess to congress. with national security adviser susan rice calling his visit destructive to the fabric of the relationship between israel and the u.s. speaking outside jerusalem wednesday, netanyahu said it appeared that the west had given up on its commitment to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. a claim secretary of state john kerry dismissed during testimony on capitol hill while questioning the prime minister's ability to make sound judgments. >> the prime minister as you recall was profoundly forward leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading iraq under george w. bush and we all know what happened with that decision. he may have a judgment that just may not be correct here. >> joining the panel this week, wall street columnist and deputy editor, dan henninger. and global view column

the fcc is going to take its own proponents today. least the american people should be given a chance to see what is in there. more over there's something going around that it's only eight pages regulations, what's the big deal? number one, eight pages if you could see the regulations, they are quite detailed. it's not apparent how they operate without some context. and you heard relative to the answers to your questions, it's unclear how those are going to be applied. there's a number of pages in the documents describing how these rules are going to be enforced. more over those arevk k make ing making that the fcc arrogates to itself that makes this problematic. >> with public meetings that's right. typically the chairman will circulate a document proposal to the commissioners three weeks in advance of the meeting. documents not made public, and i think commissioner has put it well. he's spoken out eloquently about the fact that from the perspective of accountability, it seems odd to most americans that the agency would adopt far reac

>> yes, we think it is the strongest rules the fcc has at their disposal. congress could always update the telecommunications act. there is talk of doing that. that process takes time. were amazing. they showed that consumers want better wireless connectivity. it's too early to say what to make of the bidders. >> it should be noted that this has a lot of spectrum. when you look at their use of this loophole to qualify as a small business, could you have seen this coming? >> i did not see it coming to this extent and i don't think anybody else did either. that is what is generating such outrage. it's an affront to the integrity of the fcc. these small business discounts were intended. it makes a mockery of the program. >> what was the purpose of the program? what was it intended to do? >> congress set up a program for entrepreneurs to get a foothold in the wireless. you can bill out a network and provide user service. what has happened now is the fcc has loosened the rules so much that we get a situation where a corporate interest can game the system and use

of course as the fcc gets ready to vote on the rules today.us live. >> the chart, worth pausing and marking that just for the month of february the market has risen by almost 6%. not a great open today but still positive 9 of 10 sectors positive through february. consumer discretionary that's leaping ahead, 9% gain. we'll break that down shortly. >> jeff rosenberg blackrock's chief investment strategist for fixed income. bill stone joins us pnc's asset investment strategist. kohl's, coach, disney surging on the month. what is happening here? >> you know i think a lot of it is just the realization that a lot of companies will benefit from the lower oil prices. it's taken longer than some expected but certainly between that and the improving labor market a tailwind to the u.s. consumer. >> what happens now? >> well probably gets rougher because a lot is priced in here. but i do think you are going to see some improvement. i don't know if everything's priced in. we're not overweight discretionary at the moment. but i do think at least they will b

a part of the big open question is how the fcc will do this forbearance process. e provisions just about everyone agrees are a necessary and outdated. >> give me one example. what is the one thing you think is outdated? >> there are a number of them. the last -- on bundling and all those provisions that were put in place for what was then monopoly providers. how exactly the fcc goes about forbearing from those revisions is a big open question and there is a lot of tension in justifying the need for the switch to title ii. >> just about everyone agrees that title ii will not work. are you just about everyone? >> i definitely do not agree. what everyone can agree upon is the basic net neutrality for are important and now the question is how do you put those into action? we support the decision to use title ii basically because in 2010, the fcc tried to connect net neutrality rules and have them struck down. when verizon sues the fcc, they said the rules were to close to common carrier type roles. by the proposal that he uses title ii it makes it more likely that thes

the fcc has had this authority. they will reassert the authority for the communications infrastructure for the 21st century that it did for the 20th entry. it is not rocket science is -- rocket science. >> i wonder -- there is an argument that title ii is not the best way to do it. are there problems with title ii ? why is that the very best way for the fcc to pursue this? >> it is the very best way because it is the only solid legal foundation. they have told us that. the courts seem to indicate it is something that fcc is authorized to do, you have to do it under the right legal foundation. when the commission voted cable broadband was not a telecommunications service and later the same thing applied to telecommunication journalist, it wiped out the legal foundation to rest the arguments on. no one can predict the right outcome of what happens when the decision goes to court. i want to go to the soundest and strongest legal foundation there is. clearly that is title ii. >> we know the lawyers will get paid for this

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