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TechieZero
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join:2002-01-25
Wesley Chapel, FL
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Re: Not exactly partisan
said by Unregistered User :
Well, it is and it isn't partisan. It isn't partisan in the sense that conservatives would take one view and liberals the other. It's divided more along the lines of which politicians and organizations get more bribes...er...kickbacks...I mean...campaign contributions from the big telcos. In this case, it happens to be Republicans.
Here's the problem with network neutrality, copyright laws, media consolidation, etc. The politicians feel they can do whatever they want without any negative consequences from the electorate, and they're pretty much right. So, they take the bribes and do whatever their corporate pimps want them to do.
The situation here truly is pathetic. People won't even stand up and demand that politicians listen to them, and we have people in Nepal--people who are so poor that life is a struggle just to make ends meet, risk being shot to death to demand their democratic government be restored. And the thing is, they appear to be winning, in spite of the fact that they're unarmed, facing police and troops who are quite willing to kill them. And many people here won't even go out and vote.
LOL! WTF is this? Give me me internet freedom or DEATH! ROFL!
Who needs reality TV when you have people like this everywhere? | |
torrent12
join:2006-04-05 | reply to ross
Re: Not exactly partisan
Darn patriarchal hippy redneck elitist nazi capitalist feminists ruining everything! | |
rit56
join:2000-12-01
New York, NY | reply to ross
excellent | |
ross
join:2000-08-16
 ·Digizip
| reply to Unregistered User
said by Unregistered User :
Well, it is and it isn't partisan. It isn't partisan in the sense that conservatives would take one view and liberals the other. It's divided more along the lines of which politicians and organizations get more bribes...er...kickbacks...I mean...campaign contributions from the big telcos. In this case, it happens to be Republicans.
Here's the problem with network neutrality, copyright laws, media consolidation, etc. The politicians feel they can do whatever they want without any negative consequences from the electorate, and they're pretty much right. So, they take the bribes and do whatever their corporate pimps want them to do.
The situation here truly is pathetic. People won't even stand up and demand that politicians listen to them, and we have people in Nepal--people who are so poor that life is a struggle just to make ends meet, risk being shot to death to demand their democratic government be restored. And the thing is, they appear to be winning, in spite of the fact that they're unarmed, facing police and troops who are quite willing to kill them. And many people here won't even go out and vote. It was a pleasure to read your comment!
Please take the time to register at DSLR/BBR and become a regular contributor. This place, like what's left of the larger public forum known as America, is in danger of being overrun with conservative, right-wing religious radicals, troll-like corporate-hacks and pseudo-free-market types espousing the virtues and extolling the benefits of the latest hosing of the American people by their supposedly elected officials and their corporate paymasters. | |
Unregistered User
@69.244.x.x
| reply to torrent12
^What he said.
If you don't think this is possible or likely, you need to do some reading, and do it quickly. AT&T, BellSouth, and Verizon execs have already said in no uncertain terms that they plan to give priority to sites that they either own, have partnership agreements with, or that pay them for better access. It's been covered on this very site more than a few times. If that isn't enough for you, visit any Internet news site, such as www.news.com, www.wired.com, or slashdot.org and do a search for "network neutrality" or "net neutrality", and you'll have plenty of reading material.
And this won't just mean that a Web site might load a bit slower if they don't pay the telco's extortion. Do you have VoIP service? Well, if it's from an independent provider, it might develop some problems about the time that the telcos roll out their own services. Ditto for online video.
And don't think that this won't also affect cable Internet users. Just because the cablecos have been quiet, don't think they aren't watching closely. | |
Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO | reply to torrent12
Are you seriously asking this question?
Do a search on traffic shaping, QOS, Routers, packet switching, networking and do some research. | |
torrent12
join:2006-04-05 |  reply to Unregistered User
HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYWONE EVER IMPLEMENT THIS?
Can you restric traffic this specifically on that large of a scale? | |
Unregistered User
@69.244.x.x
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ross 
| Well, it is and it isn't partisan. It isn't partisan in the sense that conservatives would take one view and liberals the other. It's divided more along the lines of which politicians and organizations get more bribes...er...kickbacks...I mean...campaign contributions from the big telcos. In this case, it happens to be Republicans.
Here's the problem with network neutrality, copyright laws, media consolidation, etc. The politicians feel they can do whatever they want without any negative consequences from the electorate, and they're pretty much right. So, they take the bribes and do whatever their corporate pimps want them to do.
The situation here truly is pathetic. People won't even stand up and demand that politicians listen to them, and we have people in Nepal--people who are so poor that life is a struggle just to make ends meet, risk being shot to death to demand their democratic government be restored. And the thing is, they appear to be winning, in spite of the fact that they're unarmed, facing police and troops who are quite willing to kill them. And many people here won't even go out and vote. | |
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