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"Save the internet."

Shadowstrider
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Don't buy into that hype. You're not really "saving the internet" or "keeping it free." All you're really doing is giving your ISP the ability to charge for both ends of the internet, logging on and end access.

 

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/05/net-neutrality.html

 

http://www.savetheinternet.com/

 

http://www.dontregulate.org/

 

Josh Silver has this to say.

 

"Save the internet" is a buzz word used to generate hype for a cause that actually hurts the internet.

 

Don't take my word for it. Click the links and do your own research, but when the telecom industry, the industry you pay to access the internet, is preaching "Save the internet" it requires more than a casual glance.

 

/PSA

I wasn' aware the internet was in need of saving.

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Save the Tubgirl!! Save the Internet!

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Currently, there is discussion in the congress about the internet, and regulating it. Neither side is right, but there is this huge "Save the internet" movement based on fallacious and specious arguements made by the telecom industry.

already sent an email to my congressmen (in my case, women)

Every time I see something like this, all I can think is how much the internet has changed in 20 years.

Still gaming with my 9900k/2080ti/32 ram. One day I suppose a game may inspire me to finally upgrade. Maybe. 

Is this the one about costs for high traffic on high definition media streamloasding/dl'ing?

 

Basically someone has to foot the costs.

Spreading beauty with my katana.

So... who is the evil lying bastards here? Is it the "dont let the goverment regulate" guys or the "legislated net neutrality is a must to keep companies from ganging up with ISPs"

 

 

Im quite confused.

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"I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "

I am also confused.

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Ah, what the hell.. Im just going to take the side of the "We have to keep COMPANY X from paying off your ISP to block the website of COMPANY Y" guys.

 

 

because In the words of the great Stephen Colbert: "Its better to believe in something that is completely wrong, than to seem undecided. Because being undecided-ish is bad PR."

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"I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "

I do not know this Stephen Colbert, but I'm guessing he is a key Whitehouse aide.

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So...  who is the evil lying bastards here? Is it the "dont let the goverment regulate" guys or the "legislated net neutrality is a must to keep companies from ganging up with ISPs"

 

 

Im quite confused.

 

 

That's the problem, there are no good guys, but the Telecom industry is most assuredly the bad guys. They basically want us to pay for them to make money. The "Save the internet" link is the telecom guys.

That's the problem, there are no good guys, but the Telecom industry is most assuredly the bad guys.  They basically want us to pay for them to make money.  The "Save the internet" link is the telecom guys.

 

Right I get that now, the telecoms companies want more control of the internet.

But erm SaveTheInternet.com seems to be anti telco....

 

Don'tregulate.org is obviously pro telco.

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Yeah sorry, I had it backwards. Check out the article I posted, he elaborates on it much more clearly than I can while at work.

Yeah the article was the first thing i read. It was your error that had me confused.

So other than the "no regulation" thing, on what grounds are the telcos trying to come across as the good guys? Even without the counter arguments it seems like racketeering on their part.

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The telecom companies are basically trying to say "we're trying to IMPROVE the internet, by providing you, the end user, with the best services, and using the money made to make the internet faster."

 

The knee-jerk reaction from everyone on the issue is "get your government off my internets!" That is where the big problem lies.

 

The problem with posting at work is you type off the cuff and make lots of errs.

Long Live Goatse! Save the Internet!

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Yes! We must protect our rights for free Goatse!

 

Long live Goatse! Save the Internet!

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