On internet neutrality
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- monoblanco
Sucks to have a government so willing to screw with my life.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/20…
- spellcheck0
then do something about it.
- Besides voting? Far too busy with work as it is. Shouldn't these guys be looking out for us?monoblanco
- Oh dear, that's the worst possible response you could've come out with, monoblanco :(detritus
- too busy slaving for the systemmoldero
- like the rest of usmoldero
- they has us by the ballsmoldero
- at least someone is touching my ballsset
- I guess we know why you named yourself Set.CyBrainX
- Indeed, although I am yet to fathom why you have the word 'Brain' in your username.set
- I kidset
- then dont complain. we get whats coming when we dont do shit boot ityurimon
- R_Kercz0
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltech…
What verizon is saying about it: http://publicpolicy.verizon.com/…
- wow.... the verizon doublespeak is rather bold here..
vaxorcist
- wow.... the verizon doublespeak is rather bold here..
- formed0
What I read "customers have choices for broadband and can go where the features are what they want" so, no point in limiting what telcos can do/charge.
Huh? Where are my choices?
I hope Google can effectively kill the competition. Google for world domination (and stock value)!
- wagshaft0
Wow. The beginning of the end. The internet was great whilst it lasted.
- nb0
The Republican Party are the supreme masters of convincing people to vote against their principles.
Net Neutrality is all about freedom, fairness, equality, etc. Net Neutrality is American values in practice on the internet. Net Neutrality is the free market. Net Neutrality fosters growth and competition.
Republicans should be noted for the remarkable ability to convince people of the exact opposite of what is going on.
- <inteliboy
- "Net Neutrality is American values in practice on the internet." - seriously WTF are you saying?robotron3k
- ukit20
Already hearing conservatives and right-wing libertarian types calling this a victory for freedom.
Hope they enjoy their freedom as Comcast and Verizon throttles their internet traffic and blocks sites they don't like.
- utopian0
This is going to stifle internet innovation!
http://www.yahoo.com/tech/the-fc…
- prophetone0
- So ironic that Warner Brothers have made so much money from this film and its masks by anti-corperation movements.sem
- xpxhxoxexnxixx0
its going to be great when they think they've won and all of a sudden people start making their own p2p internet that doesnt require anything but a wireless router and IP's. Im interested to see what they do then.
They have no idea what they are about to get into. they think they see dollar signs disguised as public safety or some other made up issue, but what they are really going to get is a war. The guys that made the internet are way smarter than the companies that provide the service to view it.
Thats all i have to say.
- xpxhxoxexnxixx0
Ukit, are you talking about p2p internet, or the fact that they could pass a bill like the one presented?
Either way, both arent far off. Some of us already have p2p servers set up that dont require 'internet providers' to transmit files, data, and web pages. Think darknet.If they pass a bill making ISP's able to control/regulate the internet, dont you think people will get fed up and look to other solutions?
** Look at cable. Record numbers of people are cutting the cord on cable packages and getting internet packages. Now, dont you think companies like Comcast, (who's clients include CBS, ABC, etc on cable tv) already are aware that the movement is toward the internet?
And when sites like Hulu and apps on things like Roku start to offer content for free, dont you think they'll realize the only way to continue to make money is to control the internet and its content? cmon.- Think about cable tv. you want news? you have 5 channels to pick from, all of which are american owned and paid for. Go to the internet, you have hundreds of options.xpxhxoxexnxixx
- ukit20
Yeah I agree that this is what Comcast/Verizon/AT&T want. They were the ones bringing the lawsuit, and they won in court today. Net neutrality is dead now thanks to this ruling - no legislation required.
P2P internet...haven't heard much about that. Is it something that is feasible on a wide scale or just an idea at this point?
- Its what alot of the undisclosed and darknet stuff runs on. So i can build a server in my house with content on it, and give you the direct secure IP to it. Then i can provide a means for you to access it, via router. No giant ISP required
xpxhxoxexnxixx - But I've used darknet...through my existing ISP. It doesn't normally circumvent that process does it?ukit2
- You would need a chain of wifi connections everywhere all using the same protocol I guessukit2
- P2P still requires a backbone, which right now is the internet in question.404NotFound
- You'd have to build a separate infrastructure, but can't because of regulation.404NotFound
- Its what alot of the undisclosed and darknet stuff runs on. So i can build a server in my house with content on it, and give you the direct secure IP to it. Then i can provide a means for you to access it, via router. No giant ISP required
- albums0
Not that my analogies are ever spot on, but this amounts to "do as i say when you're in my house". Though an individual may have certain unalienable rights within a system, that doesn't stop anyone from making their own "house rules". This is nothing short of that.
"QBN supports free speech, however, as a private website we do moderate discussion to preserve the quality of our content as we see fit. Your privacy is important to us; your information is never sold or shared. "
- prophetone0
the first step to abolishing free speech
- mg330
What sucks about this is that Republican / right wing / conservatives who define their lives by hating Obama will collectively praise this because they are a) too ignorant to know how it affects them, and b) it's another great example of someone putting the stop on something Obama wants.
- ukit20
albums the problem is that when you follow that analogy to its conclusion it enables corporations to do whatever they want.
Product safety laws? Sorry, that's the domain of my private corporation. Child labor? Putting toxic chemicals in food? etc
Ultimately these companies are operating technology on land that was developed and built with public tax dollars. If they are going to abuse their power, they should be nationalized and broken up just like AT&T was back in the 80s. Or at the very least forced to obey the simple principle of treating all traffic the same.
- I know it's a problem. I was just stating an observation.albums
- utopian0
Verizon wins partial victory on 'Internet neutrality'
http://www.informationweek.com/m…
- inteliboy0
In theory, couldn't Google spread out their ISP service across the states, keeping net neutrality alive?
- Yup, Google will control the world soon enoughformed
- Google is the next GE.omahadesigns
- yurimon0
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.
Herbert Simon
- meh, I hate fuckn big word, bro coulda just say, "stop wastin yo time on stoopid shit"GeorgesIV
