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10-24-2009, 01:58 AM | #1 | ||
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Net neutrality
You probably heard the FCC voted thursday to move forward with the open Internet rule-making process. Big win for us internet users... but
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10-24-2009, 04:46 AM | #2 |
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We don't need no stinkin' gubermint runnin' our interweb!
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10-24-2009, 05:26 AM | #3 |
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You don't get it, do you.
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10-24-2009, 08:21 AM | #4 |
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[rant on]This is a clear indication that the GOP has become anti-individual, anti-small business, and most vociferous when working against their stated core values. Stifling innovation to protect corporate interests is the game plan. It makes me wish there were a sensible free market alternative to the Democrat's nonsense, but the Republicans have supported Corporate Capitalism to such an extent that they don't even recognize the power of individual action any more.[/rant]
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10-24-2009, 11:21 AM | #6 |
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The examples of big business attempting to subvert the internet are numerous. Included in the previous discuss were Comcast intentionally blocking data packets (ie Bit Torrent), and software designed to identify and subvert Skype packets. How many times must they be caught and exposed subverting the internet before everyone acknowledges who threatens you and your freedom of information?
Numerous examples including the NY Times and IEEE Spectrum posted in The internet is over! Yes, after denying they were subverting Skype packets, Comcast later admitted to that and other 'traffic management'. It is this simple. They are only selling a bit transfer service. If they cannot provide sufficient bandwidth, well, most of the fiber optics laid in the ground in the 1990 still is not lit. The hardware to transfer data was laid and unused even 10 years ago. Their job is to increase bandwidth as necessary to always meet the load. Their job is not 'traffic management'. Internet protocols address that. Protocols that work as long as they don't cut costs - stop increasing their cable bandwidth. We have already seen how 'traffic management' was manipulated for their own financial advantages. The 'data transfer' companies cannot be trusted to 'manage traffic'. They already have a virtual monopoly (a duopoly) on the last mile. Why do they need power to manipulate which data you should and should not get? Why did Comcast have the right to skew Skype telephone conversations? Because they could. Because nobody told them their only job is a data transport company that must increase bandwidth as required. |
10-24-2009, 11:51 AM | #7 |
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tw! where ya been? i thought the cellar-wide daily word count felt like it was dropping. Shoulda known it was cause you weren't around - or have i just been missing you in passing?
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10-24-2009, 12:28 PM | #8 |
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10-24-2009, 12:58 PM | #9 |
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A couple of our GOP operatives were harassing him every time he posted...
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10-24-2009, 02:38 PM | #10 |
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10-24-2009, 03:21 PM | #11 |
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10-24-2009, 06:58 PM | #12 |
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...and who is this Signfeld? For a Newb they have a good grasp of cellar society. I'm thinking sock-puppet.
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10-24-2009, 07:24 PM | #13 |
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10-24-2009, 09:06 PM | #14 |
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10-24-2009, 10:20 PM | #15 |
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I get it, I just don't want the progressives invading yet another area of my life.
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