Apparently, it's even worse already. :/
I just finished watching TeXtra #88
http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detailepisode_id=84796, and in
Natali's viewer mail (at the end of the show), a guy wrote in that he
had ordered something on Pay Per View on Comcast, and set his DVR to
record it since
To me this represents why net neutrality laws are so important.
http://mmeiser.com/blog/2007/10/comcasts-leaked-talking-points-memo.html
Censorship is freaking subtle as all hell. THere's no transparency to
it. Your skype stops working or starts acting like crap nothing short
of a network
I think you're right, Mike.
Can't somebody develop some kind of alert system that acts as a
'network expert'?
Didn't you get the memo? The information superhighway is so 1996.
It's e-commerce now, and if you ain't making money your not doing
your part to grow the economy.
If you're not
You're stealing from the internet.
:)
Ted Stevens would say:
The internet is like a big bag of stuff from Santa. And people are
just taking stuff and taking stuff. Pretty soon there's not going to
be anything left.
lol
I'm not cool, I'm now laughing at my own jokes. :P
You have stolen the
Whilst it may sound like defeatism, I dont believe the future will
bring any holy grail net neutrality laws.
The best can hope for is that certain rights of users will be
enshrined in law, but I dont think it will be as all encompassing as
the term net neutrality suggests.
Specifically, the war
On 10/24/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will there be a time when corporate-owned internet providers start choosing
what goes through their networks? Some believe it's happening now, and they
seem to have legal right to do it. Comcast, one of the biggest US internet
providers, is
Slipping a fast one in. This meeting was just announced earlier
FCC Localism Hearing
Oct. 31, 2007, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Room TW-C305 following open commission meeting
FCC, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20554
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-277560A1.pdf
FCC Localism
