FCC to Vote on Net Neutrality - Internet Freedom at Stake!

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  1. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    The FCC will consider a proposal this week to end Net Neutrality, the principle which gives everyone an equal opportunity on the Internet. If passed, this proposal would allow Internet service providers to offer different levels of service to businesses. Those that pay more will get priority on the Internet. Plus ISPs can favor one service (like their own) over competitors. The Internet would no longer be a level playing field for everyone.

    Read Senator Al Franken's take on this...
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-franken/the-most-important-free-s_b_798984.html

    In another article a Republican FCC commissioner states why keeping the status quo is so important...

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/fcc-commissioner-net-neut_n_798998.html
     
    skip, Dec 20, 2010
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  3. OhSoDreadful

    OhSoDreadful Childish Idealist

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    this sucks a donkey dick, but at least it's going to make it that much easier to get myself off of computers
     
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  5. broony

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    Whats really frustrating is i bet the general population doesn't know ANYTHING about this. Then something goes down and people wonder what happened. :(
     
    broony, Dec 20, 2010
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  7. guerillabedlam

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    Are these types of proposals even available for the average person to vote on or have any input?
     
    guerillabedlam, Dec 20, 2010
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  9. OhSoDreadful

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    seems like none of them are these days :rolleyes:
     
    OhSoDreadful, Dec 20, 2010
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  11. StrawberryGirl

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    I completely agree that most people don't know about this at all. How can the people of this country not have any say on an issue that affects them so tremendously. This is def a free speech issue!
     
    StrawberryGirl, Dec 20, 2010
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  13. broony

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    How do you educate a population on such matters?
     
    broony, Dec 20, 2010
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  15. Duck

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    I know you can be iffy on links, but this is a matter of public interest directly correlating to your thread and broony's question:

    http://www.savetheinternet.com/

    They have helped save the internet many times before, and have always kept me well informed and helped me e-mail my representatives on the issue =)
     
    Duck, Dec 20, 2010
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  17. ChronicTom

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    I'm a little bit confused here...

    In the link to huffington post, it says;

    To me, I'm not reading that as a bad thing... We want them to pass the net neutrality rules no?

    I then read in this article, that it is expected to pass;

    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/technology/TB6784.html

    Isn't this all a good thing?
     
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  19. RooRshack

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    Over the internet:mickey:
     
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    yes, net neutrality it a good thing. They've been trying to squash the idea for years, based on the ideal of fucking the average joe or anyone with dissenting opinions up the ass and protecting big business. They also like playing word games with it, to confuse people about net neutrality strangling freedom or something... When it obviously only strangles comcast's freedom to strangle your freedom.
     
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  23. MrKewl

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    Well yea, of course nobody knows about this. If anybody did then it wouldn't even be getting voted on.
     
    MrKewl, Dec 20, 2010
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  25. skip

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    Comcast is already throttling back bandwidth for ANYONE, regardless of ISP!!! If your Internet requests get shuttled thru Comcast lines, they will slow you down if you download too much in a short period.

    I've had this recurring problem when I view sites that load slow and when I traceroute the sites I see the delays coming from on Comcast routers. And it usually happens for a few days or weeks after I've viewed a movie online...

    So this is happening anyway, legal or not! And it sucks cause I watched some movies the past few days and now quite a number of websites are slow for me today!

    If we had net neutrality Comcast would not be allowed to do this. My guess is they just can't handle the bandwidth needs of their clients so they fuck with everyone's bandwidth who uses more than average.
     
    skip, Dec 21, 2010
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  27. skip

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    UPDATE 12/21: The FCC passes the new regulations with a 3-2 vote.

    These new regulations are indeed confusing. According to this article, the regs do support net neutrality, however for mobile wireless networks, phone companies can block or limit applications that use too much bandwidth (according to whom?). At the same time they say that one company cannot block another company's applications, so which is it?

    This seems like it will be decided in court after a challenge to its legality.

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...33513990668654.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
     
    skip, Dec 21, 2010
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  29. Ddoright

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    Crap - I don't know what to think. Totally confused.
     
    Ddoright, Dec 23, 2010
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  31. Piney

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    If you have a magic jack or other voip telephone, The ISP carriers will be able to throttle your communication in favor of the phone service provided in those cable-bundle packages.
     
    Piney, Dec 26, 2010
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