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Bill: Internet Service Providers Act
Details
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 3031
Description[?]:
| There is no reason for ISPs to be owned and run by the state. The private sector will be far more effective and innovative in this area. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on internet service providers (ISPs).
Old value:: The government controls and provides internet service throughout the nation. Private ISPs are banned.
Current: The state owns and operates a national internet service provider, alongside private ISPs.
Proposed: Private companies provide internet service throughout the nation, without government interference.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:53:13, November 15, 2010 CET | From | Dorvikische Volkspartei | To | Debating the Internet Service Providers Act |
| Message | Our party may consider supporting a state-ownted internet provider with small private providers being allowed but with limits on their growth. |
| Date | 19:01:08, November 15, 2010 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Internet Service Providers Act |
| Message | We would support such a proposal in preference to the status quo, and encourage the GSP to bring forward such a Bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 188 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 124 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: “Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.” --H.L. Mencken |