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To: W.
WHY the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF wants to CONTROL the Internet:
7 posted on 02/23/2015 12:23:11 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest
WHY the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF wants to CONTROL the Internet:

It's not really that. Obama wants to fill the internet with drivel. The reason why the providers want to block streaming video is to allow content to get through without building expensive high bandwidth infrastructure. By forcing providers to take all streaming video from Netflix and Google (the only players that matter), the government fills the internet with useless drivelous video. There is nothing more useless than netflix and youtube (e.g. compared to our discussion for example).

One could argue that "neutrality" should apply to video, but obviously it cannot, there is not enough bandwidth to let everyone stream whatever they want. A similar argument is that the providers could censor content (wrong, other than throttling streaming video). An analogous argument is that the government could censor content. That is wrong. Tor will allow any content through with hidden servers, etc. Nobody can censor content, the Chinese try 24x7 and basically fail (other than cutting off access or reducing their internet to AOL for China).

To make it clear, without my rural provider throttling streaming video I get no access (zero bandwidth) to do anything.

10 posted on 02/23/2015 12:33:56 PM PST by palmer (Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing. Or do nothing. We want Obamanet.)
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To: Yosemitest

That’s it! He wants to control the internet to kill any discussion that puts him or his government in a bad light. Can you believe we’re having a discussion in these terms in America 2015?! A president who fears not only information but its distribution network that enlightens citizens and points out nefarious and illegal government actions? This may as well be Soviet Russia 1925, with the only opinions permitted are those that agree with the government and its minions. I begin to see why the douchebag media continuously covers and enables 0bama, he’s doing his best to restore them to being the sole provider of public information!


13 posted on 02/23/2015 12:50:50 PM PST by W. (Dem0crat-mandated education reform killed American progress. Thanks, morons!)
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