Posted on 09/30/2016 7:53:32 AM PDT by Biggirl
From Brady Dale writing at Observer.com: A lot of weird stuff has been happening to data inside the internet’s walled gardens. It has been getting shut down by the people who own the sites we all depend on. There’s a protest going on at Facebook over the issue right now. One Turkish journalist is saying that his account has been blocked inside the country, at his government’s request; Palestinian journalists have a similar problem. YouTubers believe that their videos have been getting unfairly de-monetized by mindless robots. A Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator backed startup called Blockstack, just barely out of stealth mode, has been designing an alternative browser for what could be fairly described as another internet, one powered by the bitcoin blockchain.
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The vast wasteland of trivial stuff on Facebook and MSM might be able to wall itself in, big deal.
as long as 2 wires are strung between buildings there will be internet - of sorts - it may mean procom plus and modems but thats where it started anyway - bulletin boards and such
bink
What's supposed to happen in 2020 that will destroy POTS? I have a couple old rotary landline phones I would like to use for a while yet - they'll probably outlast me, and they're already 40+ years old.
Sign me up
Exactly. The genie is out of the bag.
Now that there is one Internet, why not 734 of them, seamlessly passing information among them, and without the ability of the censors to monitor?
Go dark, everyone!
P4L
I really hope Free Republic can be mirrored on another site. That way, if there is censorship imposed about various topics, they could still be discussed elsewhere.
I’m going to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights no matter what. And I mean all the way to Civil War II.
The signal, true, but Mr. Universe didn't come off so well in that picture.
Bttt
They already do, or can. Ever hear of the FCC?
HAHAHAHA Take a CCNA class...
The FCC is ending the mandate of universal POTS in 2020. It’ll begin the great turndown of the PSTN.
Interesting . I’ll check all these out.
bkmk
bttt
Won't run on XP. Requires Windows 7. I don't like Windows 7 or newer.
bkmk
I understand your position on XP. Clearly the best of the MS operating systems. Seven is *almost* as good.
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