FCC votes in favor of regulating the internet...

Devildog93

Devildog93

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Fuck is right. At least no FCC up in Canada, but the CRTC or whatever would be similar will probably follow suit....and soon. Fuckin bullshit.
 
poplars

poplars

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that's pathetic, the one free thing we have left and they want to take it away.

fuckin facist authoritarian douche bags
 
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Dirty Harry

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The quickest way to fuck up a system that works good is to get the government involved in it. They are going to destroy the internet. A study even showed doing this could slow or hurt the already bad economy. They didn't care.
The government can't even turn a profit in the postal service that, by law, has no competition.
I hope when they see the train running out of track they will ditch the law instead of letting the train crash and burn.
 
NLXSK1

NLXSK1

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Could someone tell me what the problem was with the internet that requires government intervention?
 
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NoDrama

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NLXSK1 said:
Could someone tell me what the problem was with the internet that requires government intervention?
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Too much truth out there.

One of the hallmarks of an authoritarian government is its fixation on hiding everything it does behind a wall of secrecy while simultaneously monitoring, invading and collecting files on everything its citizenry does. Based on the Francis Bacon aphorism that "knowledge is power," this is the extreme imbalance that renders the ruling class omnipotent and citizens powerless.
 
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Dirty Harry

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NLXSK1 said:
Could someone tell me what the problem was with the internet that requires government intervention?
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It's open to all. Information travels in seconds instead of days or weeks. People can share ideas and discus things quickly and easily...Oh ya, the government had NO CONTROL over anything taking place on the net...until now.
The FCC controls the "air waves"...When we speak to each other our voice travels in waves over the air to reach our ears...I wonder how long until they try and control what we verbally put into the "air waves".
 
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CypressRyan

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Philly Inquirer said:
Comcast and other telecommunications companies have said Internet regulations could stifle innovation and investment. Supporters of the new rules said they would protect consumers and smaller companies from the actions of telecommunications giants seeking competitive advantages by disrupting the Internet traffic, or prioritizing the traffic of one website over another.​

David Cohen, Comcast's executive vice president, said the new rules "appear intended to strike a workable balance between the needs of the marketplace for certainty and everyone's desire that Internet openness be preserved." Cohen added that a benefit of the new rules may be that the federal agency did not enact stricter measures such as rate-setting. ​



Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president of public affairs, policy, and communications, said in a statement that the rules were not based on bipartisan support and broke with past practices. "Based on today's announcement, the FCC appears to assert broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband wire line and wireless networks and the Internet itself," Tauke said. "This assertion of authority without solid statutory underpinnings will yield continued uncertainty for industry, innovators, and investors. In the long run, that is harmful to consumers and the nation." ​
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thats the basic jist..want to get squeezed out of RIU because someone at Verizon doesnt like weed? thats in a nut shell what they just made sure cant happen. Yes other shit gets effected either adversely or for the better but thats the reason for even wanting to regulate it in the first place.
 
d.s.m.

d.s.m.

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Do any of you even know what Net Neutrality means? If not, you have no business commenting on this.
 
DryGrain

DryGrain

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An alternative to the rest of the web is Freenet, an anonymous, distributed, censorship-proof network. Check it out, start a node, read some 'flogs' or get your daily dose of Wikileaks. The more people running nodes, the more robust and secure the network becomes, so join up and help out!

There's an IRC channel on FreeNode as well, #freenet
 
poplars

poplars

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DryGrain said:
An alternative to the rest of the web is Freenet, an anonymous, distributed, censorship-proof network. Check it out, start a node, read some 'flogs' or get your daily dose of Wikileaks. The more people running nodes, the more robust and secure the network becomes, so join up and help out!

There's an IRC channel on FreeNode as well, #freenet
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THANK YOU!

I will definitely be using this...

pretty much if the government wants to try to censor the one of the hacking nations of the world, we'll just out-hack them... simple as that.
 
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Dirty Harry

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d.s.m. said:
Do any of you even know what Net Neutrality means? If not, you have no business commenting on this.
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I a nut shell what the FCC is telling us...It is suppose to prevent one ISP from slowing down traffic from other businesses. Like if your ISP is bundled with TV, phone, and they sell pay per view movies that company may want to slow down netflix downloads and skype calls because it competes with them...Or charging company X extra $$ for its traffic to be priority.
Now that said, once the FCC is inside they will have the authority to do things that haven't been told to us.

On the outside, it looks like a nice sugar coated chocolate cookie, until you bite in and learn the cookie was made of shit.
 
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