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Shutting down conservative websites I guess.
Gee, its not like they ever tried to stifle conservative speech before. Or call us Un-American or nothing.
Companies could improve bandwidth, etc.
Government simply takes away from the taxpayers today.
Censorship by any other name is still censorship.
Preparing the way for ChiCom style internet censorship.
Trust in God and keep your powder dry, as Oliver Cromwell recommended.
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Something tells me the sites that get throttled won’t be Russian porn sites.
A few points:
Too many people at work in the office download YouTubes and porn.
Many internet users at home may find themselves daytrading; moreso than if in the office.
The statists are doing quite well causing stock market meltdowns without the "help" of a pandemic.
This is the first step to abridging Freedom of Speech and elevating 0bama to Dictator. 0bama’s goons will claim an pandemic to take control - “never waste a crisis” - even if there isn’t one.
Investors? Day Ttraders?
Why should investors or day traders be given any more than the average citizen who also pays for their internet connection?
And I'm quite sure that securities clearing houses already have a quality of service agreement with their internet provider and get preferrential treatment for their traffic.
Is it becoming clear yet to everyone that we don't really live in America anymore? I mean on a real, visceral, this is actually happening level? I don't think so.
In another year or so, millions of people across the country are going to suddenly wake up to the realization that we are living in a cross between the old Soviet Union and a central-American banana republic.
Is it becoming clear yet to everyone that we don't really live in America anymore? I mean on a real, visceral, this is actually happening level? I don't think so.
In another year or so, millions of people across the country are going to suddenly wake up to the realization that we are living in a cross between the old Soviet Union and a central-American banana republic.
"Just a matter of time, I suppose."
This is ludicrous. The radical, corrupt, dictators don’t care about all the people home because they CAN’T FIND JOBS!!!
Gotta get ham radio.
One provider indicated that such blocking would be difficult because determining which sites should be blocked would be a very subjective process.
Additionally, this provider noted that technologically savvy site operators could change their Internet protocol addresses, allowing users to access the site regardless. Another provider told us that some of these large bandwidth sites stream critical news information.
Furthermore, some state, local, and federal government offices and agencies, including DHS, currently use or have plans to increase their use of social media Web sites and to use video streaming as a means to communicate with the public. Shutting down such sites without affecting pertinent information would be a challenge for providers and could create more Internet congestion as users would repeatedly try to access these sites....Some providers said that the operators of specific Internet sites could shut down their respective sites with less disruption and more effectively than Internet providers, and suggested that a better course of action would be for the government to work directly with the site operators....
Remember ... Zero has already declared a “state of emergency” — over H1N1 -— so he now has the power to pull this off, along with a host of other things you really, really don’t want to see happen.
Do you think the 9/12 march could have been coordinated WITHOUT the Internet or email?
The fuse is already lit, kiddies. Beware.
Better to let users freely pound on the internet. There may be overloads. I can’t recall my particular internet connection ever crapping out because of overload.
Heavy usage probably won’t bring down the internet but rather slow it down. If it happens too frequently and is a significant problem, the ISPs can lower the priority of high volume traffic such as video.
In conclusion, no need for government tinkering. Let’s look at their tinkering with the financial system. They postponed smaller bangs and it built up to our recent big bang that no one yet fully grasps.
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