They're trying to fuck with the internet again...[views:4702][posts:11]_____________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 1:44pm - HailTheLeaf ""] Congress is about to sell out the Internet by letting big phone and cable companies set up toll booths along the information superhighway. Companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are spending tens of millions in Washington to kill "network neutrality" -- a principle that keeps the Internet open to all. A bill moving quickly through Congress would let these companies become Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow -- and which won't load at all -- based on who pays them more. The rest of us will be detoured to the "slow lane," clicking furiously and waiting for our favorite sites to download. Google users -- Another search engine could pay AT&T to guarantee that it opens faster than Google on your computer. iPod listeners -- Comcast could slow access to iTunes, steering you to a higher-priced music service that paid for the privilege. Work-at-home parents -- Connecting to your office could take longer if you don't purchase your carrier's preferred applications. Sending family photos and videos could slow to a crawl. Retirees -- Web pages you always use for online banking, access to health care information, planning a trip or communicating with friends and family could fall victim to Verizon's pay-for-speed schemes. Bloggers -- Costs will skyrocket to post and share video and audio clips -- silencing citizen journalists and amplifying the mainstream media. Online activists -- Political organizing could be slowed by the handful of dominant Internet providers who ask advocacy groups to pay a fee to join the "fast lane." Small businesses -- When AT&T favors their own services, you won't be able to choose more affordable providers for online video, teleconferencing, and Internet phone calls. Innovators with the "next big idea" -- Startups and entrepreneurs will be muscled out of the marketplace by big corporations that pay for a top spot on the Web. http://action.freepress.net/campaign/savethenet/i7xw3774fjnx8jd? |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 1:45pm - BornSoVile ""] seriously, if you stop talking about it and just ignore the problem it will go away! |
| _____________________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 1:46pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""] Absurd. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 1:51pm - the_reverend ""] if they do this, I will just tunnel through it all. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 2:03pm - ShadowSD ""] Chilling. |
| ____________________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 2:22pm - Man_of_the_Century ""] Got a link to an actual article about this, cause I can't find one. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 2:29pm - BornSoVile ""] Man_of_the_Century said:Got a link to an actual article about this, cause I can't find one. No, this is all apart of the liberal media conspiracy to corrupt america, stop looking at this you fucking commie. |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 2:47pm - DomesticTerror ""] Man_of_the_Century said:Got a link to an actual article about this, cause I can't find one. oh god, it's already started! |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 2:54pm - the_reverend ""] heh, that was a good one. |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 2:59pm - DomesticTerror ""] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...cle/2006/01/21/AR2006012100094.html |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 3:07pm - the_reverend ""] the funny thing is that my company is one of the tops in technology that could be used to do this. oopies! |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 21,2006 9:11pm - Slayer272 ""] why cant infoterror ever post anything useful and meaningful like this |