aimeeandbeatles
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They are.
The death of Net Neautrality and the Raping of the American Consumer
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They are.
Leonel
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NO! REALLY? YA THINK?
You think it might have to do with a CEO not being accountable to the general public and only to the few powerful shareholders who are only after getting their money?
woody60707
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Yes they care, but its the type of care a man has for a woman who only wants sex. As long there are laws to prevent rape and abuse, and there is more then one guy on the block to chose from it works great.
Try 1968. After that companies like Xerxo spent the 70s trying to get one with a home computer, by the time the 80s got around it started to become a standard goal to release a product that uses a mouse and GUI with all you need is a point and click.
Alot of computers ideas are older then what most people think.
And with this law passed they just legalize rape and abuse when it comes to the internet.
aimeeandbeatles
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Wasnt the interface called WIMP? I think that was Window, Icon, Menu, Pointer.
It used to be but that term has fallen out of favor for GUI instead.
aimeeandbeatles
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WIMP was a pretty early term, if memory serves. I think the late 70s or early 80s it was coined.
I wonder what the eventual definitions of "lawful" and "reasonable" will be.
In the bigger picture, what the cable companies are terrified of is broadcasters and others realizing that they can skip right through cable and directly get their content to users, leaving out the middle man. Comcast and their ilk need to stifle innovation in order to protect their business model.
I'd be happy if the status quo continued, with improved cross licensing and more access to content on demand (i.e., even bigger Netflix and Amazon library, etc.) And streaming sports. That's the next big step. (NBC's streaming Sunday Night Football and MLB has been streaming for years--the NFL and the NBA need to get on that.)
As it stands, I do not have cable TV, but I have cable internet hooked up to my TV, and we can basically watch anything we want at any time. Which is great. My internet usage is what companies like Comcast want to stifle so they can make me buy their stupid cable packages.
In the bigger picture, what the cable companies are terrified of is broadcasters and others realizing that they can skip right through cable and directly get their content to users, leaving out the middle man. Comcast and their ilk need to stifle innovation in order to protect their business model.
I'd be happy if the status quo continued, with improved cross licensing and more access to content on demand (i.e., even bigger Netflix and Amazon library, etc.) And streaming sports. That's the next big step. (NBC's streaming Sunday Night Football and MLB has been streaming for years--the NFL and the NBA need to get on that.)
As it stands, I do not have cable TV, but I have cable internet hooked up to my TV, and we can basically watch anything we want at any time. Which is great. My internet usage is what companies like Comcast want to stifle so they can make me buy their stupid cable packages.
MobBoss
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Well, my fear is this will enable providers to go to a phone-company ish billing policy.....i.e. bill by use as opposed to flat rate access.
Its also unclear how this is going to affect local government providers that offer internet service as part of their utilities package.
Its also unclear how this is going to affect local government providers that offer internet service as part of their utilities package.
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That'd be nice. DSL to all schools, private or public would be a nice goal, as well as at least one public access site in at least each city, like at the library.
I'm confused, you mean this will affect the Police Dept, etc...?
Exactly... that's a great way for a cable provider to screw a cable-internet only user who wants to use the internet, not a cable subscription, to get video content. Streaming video uses a ton of data, and these companies can pretend they're charging you a premium for your use because they're just "reasonably managing their bandwidth..."
If that ever happens, hopefully they will have a cell phone model, so there can be unlimited plans, though the cost will probably be through the roof.
HughesNet and other satellite providers already institute a fair access policy.
HughesNet and other satellite providers already institute a fair access policy.
ISPs were able to do this before hand . What this bill now allows them to do is to throttle certain websites unless you pay extra just so you can access them at your normal internet speed. This will allow them to affective guide there users to websites they want you to use. So if your ISP wants you use Yahoo they can speed up Yahoo for and slow your access to every other search engine.
They will be allowed to throttle websites they don't like, and charge fee to access a site at your normal speed. They can also use this to block certain communication protocols.
aimeeandbeatles
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Or hijack the DNS so lost pages redirect to one of their search engines with tons of ads.
My ISP did that. It actually breaks some programs (e.g. I have one that finds broken pages in my bookmarks) so I switched the DNS to Google public one.
KMRblue1027
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Microsoft and Sony will likely be pissed if this gets passed. The number of console internet users will crash. Xbox live will sadly die 
Actually this is one of the things these regulations specifically prevent, at least for wired content.
No instead they'll do what cable companies do and charge you extra for access to websites like Youtube, Hulu, Amazon, and so forth. This is what they're already planning for real:
The only people who oppose net neutrality are the one's who stand to profit or sado-masochists.
The only people who oppose net neutrality are the one's who stand to profit or sado-masochists.
Actually no, Canadian ISPs are able to do it, American ISP can throttle certain protocols (Bittorrent is the biggest example) regardless of its use. But you are right on the Yahoo example I gave since that hasn't been legalize yet but ISPs do want to use the same model as cable companies.
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