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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:37 PM Original message |
The future of the Internet is in grave danger. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. TPTB have to hijack the net That's the only smidge of democracy we have left. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Just like they learned they had to neuter the "mainstream" press.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Exactly. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks Ananbanana! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kicked and recommended. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Could someone please post that neat graphic of the tiered-internet-pricing scheme? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't blocking content "Denial of Service"? (DOS?) |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Its not DOS, and blocking unwanted content has been legal for some time. |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Wikipedia D.O.S. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Its an unlikely scenario that ignores some basis things about the Internet. Its mostly hyperbole |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Doen't it depend on the broadband provider? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Comcast is an ISP, ATT is a bandwidth provider |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. AT&T is my Internet Service Provider |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. No it's not hyperbole. lack of internet neutrality will allow TPTB to make information a... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Net Neutrality is important, but the cited press release is nonsense |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. since nothing in the law has stopped them from doing so in the past |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Nothing hyperbolic about it ..this was predicted 10 years ago. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!!! |
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liberalla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Aww Shit! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. evening kick for a few more takes on this. . . n/t |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Corporatism: One Ring To Rule Them All |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. I have spent the last 13 years working for or owning an isp... |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. All your base are belong to us!!!! |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Its our internet, not theirs" says it all. n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. Funny coincidence or someone's idea of a joke? |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Correction: the future of the internet for users in the US is in danger |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Imagine the internet is rather inconvenient for TPB . . .!!! Sop it up while you can!! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yikes there were 66 recs and I rec'd and now there are 66. Hmm |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Republicans have always wanted to find a way to control progressive internet content... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. *Grave* danger? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. This is not just Comcast. |
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Michigan-Arizona (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Signed the petition & sent to all my email contacts hoping they'll do the same |
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