Posted on 09/19/2013 6:42:01 AM PDT by shego
Verizon has a big plan for the Internet. And if that doesn't worry you, it should.
The company is trying to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order, which prevents Internet service providers from blocking, throttling or otherwise discriminating against online content.
And in court last Monday, Verizon lawyer Helgi Walker made the company's intentions all too clear, saying the company wants to prioritize those websites and services that are willing to shell out for better access. She also admitted that the company would like to block online content from those companies or individuals that don't pay Verizon's tolls....
In court last week, the judges asked whether the company intended to favor certain websites over others.
"I'm authorized to state from my client today," Verizon attorney Walker said, "that but for these rules we would be exploring those types of arrangements."
Walker's admission might have gone unnoticed had she not repeated it at least five times during oral arguments.
In response to Judge Laurence Silberman's line of questioning about whether Verizon should be able to block any website or service that doesn't pay the company's proposed tolls, Walker said: "I think we should be able to; in the world I'm positing, you would be able to."
(Excerpt) Read more at savetheinternet.com ...
All paid for by special government "local franchise" gifts protecting the incumbent carriers from competition.
Fascism.
down with Verizon and their evil plots
Yep. Most people are too squeamish to call this sort of corporate-government partnership to control the rest of us what it is; good for you for being the exception.
They must want to go bankrupt and join MCI in the trash bin of history...............
I can trade in this 3g Verizon phone on something from AT&T, T-Mobile or another carrier this afternoon.
I’ll take my 5 family members with me too.
Want to watch, Verizon?
I particularly “love” the weaseliness of, on the one hand, declaring that, golly geez, they have to get in bed with Big Brother because they are just following the law — and then, on the other hand, trying to overturn laws that inconveniently require them to actually provide their customers with the service (access to the Internet sites of the customers’ choice) they purchased.
Another one of these weird issues which has the potential to unite the Tea Party with elements of the far Left.
There is no law. There is an illegal determination by Obama’s FCC that they can impose “net neutrality”.
I’ll take my 5 family members with me too.
Want to watch, Verizon?
Do you know a way to get out of your contract without paying their extortion fee? I mean a way that really works? I've found a lot of sites that claim to be able to get out early, but they all depend on waiting for a change in service terms. I want to be able to get out immediately. BTW, if you do get out of their contract by paying their extortion fee, do you get to keep your phone and phone #?
I shouldn't have to say it, but just in case... AT&T is not an option.
I shouldn't have to say it, but just in case... AT&T is not an option.
I switch from Verizon on Sept 30, 2013, BECAUSE of this.
AIO is a new guy on the block. I’m going to look at them.
“Net Neutrality”, the subject of the article, is NOT the law.
Are we saying we’d disagree that a company owned by devoutly religious folks would have the right to discriminate against use of their service for porn sites, sites serving/promoting same sex marriage, not wearing shirts or shoes when using the service, or anything else that went against their beliefs?
What are the criteria here?
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