Full Version: Big business Congress want to restructure the NET
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We don't want to let this happen, do we?
I personally don't have broadband, but that's just because of the prices in Poland (only cable 128k).
I'm very happy that it isn't capped - this means I can be here 24h/d,
as no cap is around to block me.
I personally don't have broadband, but that's just because of the prices in Poland (only cable 128k).
I'm very happy that it isn't capped - this means I can be here 24h/d,
as no cap is around to block me.
Excerpt:
Other users could get a price break if they receive bundled content -- news, music, games -- from one telecom or media company. Anybody interested in other "non-mainstream" news, software or higher-volume usage, could pay for the privilege. The panel's response was warm, suggesting that the industry should work this out with little federal intrusion. That approach has already been embraced by the industry-friendly Federal Communications Commission.
The "industry-friendly FCC"??? That's a good one.
Maybe they're defining "industry" differently than I would.
Anyway, the internet doesn't belong to Congress, it belongs to us. It's not theirs to legislate/administrate/manage/plan. If they want their own little internet to make laws for, they can certainly have it. They can start a new one and call it "Arpanet II". They can have theirs, and we'll have ours. I think of it the same way I think of religion. If someone knows a "better way to believe", then I'm all for them believing that way. I will choose my own way, thank you very much.
Concerning internet access, if they want a "tiered" membership architecture, they're welcome to have it for themselves. They can class-define themselves all day long. We'll have nothing to do with it. I think the majority of internet users prefer/demand equal access and status, regardless of how much money one has. We're the ones who design the bandwidth, create the bandwidth and use the bandwidth. It belongs to us, and it belongs to no one. It's free. It's open. It belongs to the world, and not a single entity/person/organization/government within it. If they piss off the people enough, we'll split off and have our own net. And where do you think the companies will go when that happens? To where the consumer base is, that's where. And the government will be left alone with their "Arpanet II".
As I've said before, if they try to take any aspect of our freedom away (including the internet), I'll dedicate my existance to protecting it. They can pry my keyboard from my cold, dead fingers.
Forward The Revolution
Edit: [angry rant=on]Oh yeah...And they can take their "monopoly-ruled bundled content" and shove it three feet up their...[/angry rant]
Other users could get a price break if they receive bundled content -- news, music, games -- from one telecom or media company. Anybody interested in other "non-mainstream" news, software or higher-volume usage, could pay for the privilege. The panel's response was warm, suggesting that the industry should work this out with little federal intrusion. That approach has already been embraced by the industry-friendly Federal Communications Commission.
The "industry-friendly FCC"??? That's a good one.
Maybe they're defining "industry" differently than I would.Anyway, the internet doesn't belong to Congress, it belongs to us. It's not theirs to legislate/administrate/manage/plan. If they want their own little internet to make laws for, they can certainly have it. They can start a new one and call it "Arpanet II". They can have theirs, and we'll have ours. I think of it the same way I think of religion. If someone knows a "better way to believe", then I'm all for them believing that way. I will choose my own way, thank you very much.
Concerning internet access, if they want a "tiered" membership architecture, they're welcome to have it for themselves. They can class-define themselves all day long. We'll have nothing to do with it. I think the majority of internet users prefer/demand equal access and status, regardless of how much money one has. We're the ones who design the bandwidth, create the bandwidth and use the bandwidth. It belongs to us, and it belongs to no one. It's free. It's open. It belongs to the world, and not a single entity/person/organization/government within it. If they piss off the people enough, we'll split off and have our own net. And where do you think the companies will go when that happens? To where the consumer base is, that's where. And the government will be left alone with their "Arpanet II".
As I've said before, if they try to take any aspect of our freedom away (including the internet), I'll dedicate my existance to protecting it. They can pry my keyboard from my cold, dead fingers.
Forward The Revolution
Edit: [angry rant=on]Oh yeah...And they can take their "monopoly-ruled bundled content" and shove it three feet up their...[/angry rant]
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