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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: achtung on May 12, 2006, 12:46:44 pm

Title: Save the Internet
Post by: achtung on May 12, 2006, 12:46:44 pm

http://www.savetheinternet.com/

Anyone wanna show some support?

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: BlackDove on May 12, 2006, 03:09:56 pm

No.

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: Turambar on May 12, 2006, 04:57:04 pm

corporate bastards

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: achtung on May 12, 2006, 05:20:03 pm

Quote from: BlackDove on May 12, 2006, 03:09:56 pm

No.

Why?

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: BlackDove on May 12, 2006, 05:35:16 pm

Mostly because it doesn't do anything.

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: Nuclear1 on May 12, 2006, 05:48:31 pm

Oh noes!! SAVE THE INTERNET FROM THE FEDS!!!!1

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: BlackDove on May 12, 2006, 05:56:17 pm

Pretty much in a nutshell.

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: SadisticSid on May 13, 2006, 08:24:56 am

All it means is that consumers who are denied access to certain sites and services would switch to an ISP who don't undertake such a policy. Plus, what the campaign demand - essentially a minimum QoS for all sites and services an ISP is connected to - is unworkable. If they don't specifically order that, then the ISPs can simply introduce 'technical limitations' which coincidentally happen to slow down connections to undesirable sites. Internet access to everything at high speed is NOT a human right.

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: Kosh on May 13, 2006, 06:46:00 pm

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Internet access to everything at high speed is NOT a human right

So, do you want your ISP to walk all over you?

Title: Re: Save the Internet
Post by: Kamikaze on May 15, 2006, 11:08:50 pm

Quote from: SadisticSid on May 13, 2006, 08:24:56 am

Internet access to everything at high speed is NOT a human right.

So Congress can legislate everything that isn't a "human right" away eh?

I'm hoping Congress won't be braindead enough to pass this. Getting rid of network neutrality will just make the US like China, which is so many steps backwards it's not funny. Good thing that people are working on software to circumvent this like Tor or Psiphon.