Net neutrality

[DarkFlood2]

Right now, congress is going to vote on a bill that will make the internet (at least for america) a two-tier internet. what this means is that if a certain site isn't paying their "protection money" to companies like AT&T or others, their site won't load as fast or it might not load at all. Net neutrality must be preserved! If we don't keep net neutrality, then the very foundation of the internet will be destroyed. the guy who invented the internet (not Al Gore) even says that if net neutrality is taken away, then the entire thing could collapse. I personally am for Net neutrality along with Google, Microsoft, and other big companies. We should not allow the telephone companies to extort money from the citizens.

[Kijuki_Magazaki]

Has that begin to happen?

Some of the internet connection I've gone around connect, but dont load at all.

[Grandy]

Pff, and the worst part is that USA will decide for something the whole world uses.

[DarkFlood2]

Never let the government handle something like this... they're too stupid and easily bribed and will probably end up with a net neutrality bill that is so vague that phone companies can get away with whatever they want.

[SonicChaos7]

If Congress passes this, people will be outraged. This is something the won't pass because it will piss many people off and well... it won't make them very popular anymore.

[Smokey_locs2006]

Originally posted by Grandy
Pff, and the worst part is that USA will decide for something the whole world uses.

Word.. I was thinkin the same thing. There will always be a way around things. We'll be okay.

[aboutasoandthis]

It kind of sound like a joke. I can't see the benifits.

If it IS real, I'm guessing it's either to secretly stop internet pornography (What phone company would pay for one?) or to get kids off the internet as part of a new trend (make kids skinnier, use less electrical devices, etc.)

There was a special about Al Gore on MTV about what I said above. I think it had a website called Break the Addiction or something. In my opinion, this is one of those wierd bills that get into Congress with good intentions, but do way to much damage and force the public to make unwanted changes. Remember, this is an opinion.

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It is real! I just looked it up. I feel really immature and ignorant right now, can someone explain it to me? I wanna know what's going on. I'm still reading about it.

[Desimodontidae]

I think there is more supposrt for net neutrality than against it. I don't believe that it will be passed.

[aboutasoandthis]

Yes the entire thing. Out of it, I got the idea of networks either blindly recognizing data without even looking twice at it or being aloud to stop and look at it and be allowed to reget it in favor of something else. So far I see two sides on this issue:

Side 1
+Let competitive networks who currently have better service charge more money for things they don't like to increase profit.
+Have stricter regulation of the internet.

Side 2
+Since the internet started up with people doing what they want to do with no restrictions, they should be allowed freedom as long as they do not break laws.
+Data cannot be discriminated against from any inter networks as opposed to private networks.

Am I getting it right? I know nothing about this topic and I really wanna know. Is there some other place other than Wikipedia that can explain it to me?

[charaman]

Its extortion. It most likely won't pass.

[Meiscool-2]

It's against our constitutional rights! *ROFLS*

[emiiru]

Seriously, our crowd isn't the picketing type, which is exactly what we need.   I wouldn't be suprised if prices for things bought on the internet  went up.  

[ZeroKirbyX]

I'm a picketing type. Its just every other picketing type is picketing for bullshit reasons.

[DarkFlood2]

The net neutrality bill lost. This is a sad day for the internet.

Link:

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6081882.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

[emiiru]

That's just way the cookie crumbles I guess, like a pile of bullshit.