Posted on 10/09/2014 5:50:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai
President Barack Obama says he is unequivocally committed to keeping the Internet free and open, a concept known as net neutrality.
Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers shouldnt block, manipulate or slow data moving across their networks.
Obama credits net neutrality with unleashing the power of the Internet. He says he doesnt want to lose that power or clog up the pipes.
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Well, you can’t have any better assurance than the promise of the president of the United States!
YUP!
Today its correcting inefficiencies and putting packets on equal footing, tomorrow its inevitably policing hate speech.
Weve all seen this film dozens of times before with various technologies and industries. Simply the thin end of the wedge.
That makes sense to a small government conservative. How do you explain that to the average voter, however, when the proposal sounds like motherhood and apple pie?
Net neutrality is a corrupt con, even by government standards.
Every pie in the sky progressive commie idea will be implemented in such a way as to make it impossible to be undone by the time this idiot leaves office.
You’re only right...and the problem of voter ignorance affects so many issues. Ironically, the Common Core issue itself is another attempt to dumb down the populace. Easier to sell them ‘alternative’ motherhood and apple pie.
It has nothing to do with the kind of cars on the road and all to do with the management of the traffic in terms of speed.
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