Posted on 04/30/2015 7:08:14 AM PDT by Baynative
UPDATE: The implementation of Barack Obama's takeover of the Internet is less than 45 days away. And as Marsha Blackburn says, if Congress does not take action to stop Barack Obama, the government will "control the Internet" in a little over the month.
Make no mistake, the Internet as you know it will never be the same if we let Barack Obama implement this takeover. You'll pay more for less service and the government will use this draconian ruling as a club to bludgeon Internet freedom, including ultimately your free speech.
And if you think we exaggerate, consider what Rep. Marsha Blackburn says on the matter: "Once the federal government establishes a foothold into managing how Internet service providers run their networks they will essentially be deciding which content goes first, second, third, OR NOT AT ALL."
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When was the last time there was a ‘new’ telecom company? The ones we have now are descendants of early-mid 20th century firms.
The concern is that they pay to block their competition’s bandwidth.
This is one group of oligarchs vs another group of oligarchs.
It has gotten that bad.
Well, that’s an entirely different problem that giving the FCC power to regulate the internet is not going to solve.
Okay, who’s going to host the FR BBS? I’ll go dust off my 56k modem :)
And everyone will see a $2,500 reduction in their health care premium.
Yep ... and I want that to stop. I’ve already seen it with Netflix. For example, I pay for more than the speed and bandwidth needed for all the Netflix I want. Netflix also pays for its Internet speed and bandwidth per its contract, too So we’re both fully paying for each of our sides.
However, Comcast says to Netflix “Pay a surcharge to us, in order to reach our customers, even though they already pay us for their necessary speed and bandwidth!” Netflix pays them millions of dollars over and above their Internet connection already ... and the very next day, Comcast customers start getting Netflix without the slowdowns! What a deal! ... LOL ...
It would be to the back of the line if you have ISPs charging sites, like Comcast did with Netflix, just so Comcast would stop slowing down their customers access.
SO ... with no net neutrality, Free Republic has to pay the ISPs more money just so their customers can reach Free Republic without slowdowns!
With net neutrality, all packets passing through get treated equally, including Free Republic ... meaning no slowdowns by the ISPs!
Yes, Net Neutrality was in effect unofficially ever since the beginning. That was the guiding principle, anyway ... UNTIL ... the big telecoms got the idea that there was another way to squeeze more money out of customers ... by limiting and slowing down their access, and then getting others to pay them to get direct and easy access to their customers.
When they gave up on the principle of Net Neitrality, which had been unofficially in place for years before ... in place of getting a bundle of cash for slowing access down and then speeding it back up again ... LOL ... it all “went south” at that point!
So this is the reason to give Obama control?
Why not promote competition at the local level?
How many telecoms do you have locally? Usually it’s only one. There aren’t that many of them nationally - and they are the primary lobbyists to remove NN.
I get my internet from a local ISP but I live in the SF area. There’s plenty of alternatives including DVDs.
What role does the federal government have in this? ISP monopolies if they exists are a product of local governments.
Why, why, why would you be for the consolidation of ISPs under national “public utility” regulations if you’re worried about lack of competition?
What sense does any of this make? Do you believe that a great heap of government regulations is going to make internet cheaper and faster?
“SO ... with no net neutrality, Free Republic has to pay the ISPs more money just so their customers can reach Free Republic without slowdowns!”
Nonsense
It would be nonsense ... and make a lot ofFreepers upset!
I should ask if VS will bring back GSM Circuit-Switched-Data in TX...haven’t had a physical phone line in years...
IOW: FR-BBS at 9600/14400 bps :-P
Who’s talking about making them public utilities? I’m simply talking about the fact that these regulations were around in some form or other for a very long time...the concept of network neutrality goes back to the telegram era. When I use the Net, I like the idea that the link to Microsoft and the link to some cheap local electronics shop take the same amount of time to load.
Nah, what you were saying is nonsense. FR is nearly 100% text, so it is transmitted about as instantly as a web page can be. The “slow downs” that you complain about were put in place for bandwidth-hogging services like high def movie downloads and file sharing services, which can keep your internet usage near 100% 24 hours a day. No providers ever bothered to try to “slow down” a simple forum like FR, because they were not the problem.
On the other hand, now that the government has total control to impose whatever standards they want, they are free to censor any content, like FR, that they might deem subversive. While the internet providers had control over their own networks, the main concerns were strictly economical, but now that the government is involved, expect them to be much more political.
The idea behind NN is to make sure the network is left alone and not tampered with.
Who’s talking about public utilities? That’s in the regulations that are the topic of this post.
Why should the federal government be involved to make the page from Microsoft and a local electronics shop take the same time to load?
What sense does all this make?
The government is involved in your home phone (if you have one) ... how’s that working for you? How about your cell phone - government regulation there, too. Have they told you that you have to quit saying some things? ... LOL ...
AND ... your electricity is under government regulation of one kind or another. Have they cut you off, because you’re a Freeper? ... :-) ...
Then, if you have natural gas (which I do) have they notified you, because of your anti-Obama talk, you can’t have service any longer?
Maybe they told you that you can’t have water from the city government ... if you happen to be hooked up there. Haven’t you heard, no Freepers can get any public water service! ... LOL ...
I would say you’ve got a lot more to worry about on all those other government regulations than you do about the Internet ... :-) ...
They’ll let you have the Internet ... just no electricity, no natural gas, no public water service, no phone, no cell phone ... but your Internet will work (as long as you have solar power, that is) ... LOL ...
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