veritasluxmea Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 If you think so, then call your senator. (Long story short: The FCC is about to make a critical decision as to whether or not internet service providers have to treat all traffic equally. If they choose wrong, then the internet where anyone can start a website for any reason at all, the internet that’s been so momentous, funny, weird, and surprising—that internet could cease to exist. Here’s your chance to preserve a beautiful thing.) I actually did it and it's super easy- tumblr calls you and all you have to do is answer the phone. They put you through to your senator's office and you can leave a message. Tumblr gives you a paragraph on what to say on screen. I didn't have to talk to any real people and it took less than a minute. https://www.tumblr.com/stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazeingstar Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I think customers should be getting what they pay for. So if they're paying for 15mps up and 15 down then they should get that. However, I believe if a business who's providing that wants to say, put their website at a greater tier, lets say 30mps, then they should be able to do that. So not sure I completely believe in "net neutrailty" I believe that alot of customers are getting scammed as they aren't getting advertized, contracted speeds and should be held accountable for that. Lets solve the real problem first before creating new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Excellent. People who don't understand the issue are going to write to senators on behalf of some special interests. Senators will be able to justify this idiocy by saying that they had a mandate from the masses. Thank you, people who don't understand the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_nine Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thank you, people who don't understand the issue. you're welcome! I do what I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 The telecommunications industry has been distorted beyond recognition by government busybodies. This is just a symptom of the wider problem. Barriers to entry are insane and corrupt, so it's not really possible for a competitor to offer a sane alternative. Unfortunately this particular issue, ultimately, is lose-lose for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 They will do what they want, regardless. Whether or not the proles carry water for the corporations won't matter. It's power. Barring a major uprising, the rules that in absence haven't doomed the internet will be passed, I will end up subsidizing people who watch netflix, and the price-fixing will continue to hamper development. I hope you lot at least oppose CISPA (until they call it the Internets Safety Good Act). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 There's no enumerated power, so this should be a moot point, but gubbmint exempt from contract law (and laws about killing and theft and rape, but hell, do we want to live in SOMALIA?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'm moving to North Dakota where this type of stuff doesn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'm moving to North Dakota where this type of stuff doesn't happen. Is that because all they have is dial up? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ryan Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) I do not buy into the free market nonsense that competition will solve all our problems; however, I am not against certain service providers giving more attention to videos, let us say. As usual, I believe the Hegelian maxim that "the Truth is the Whole." Both sides have become polarized and both have presented a very one-sided politics of the actual, multidimensional issue. Therefore, I exist as an outcast, proclaiming from the mountaintop that not all needs to be equal in content, but neither should all internets bow before the idolatrous god of the free market. Ideally, the internet should be free for all and under the control of the actual community. Edited September 10, 2014 by John Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAxMyTwmu_M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 In the words of our great leader, "Meh." Its a choice between lobbying for Netflix, and lobbying for Comcast. :idontknow: Actually, Netflix every time. Gotta watch Breaking Bad and Firefly somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 In the words of our great leader, "Meh." Its a choice between lobbying for Netflix, and lobbying for Comcast. :idontknow: Actually, Netflix every time. Gotta watch Breaking Bad and Firefly somehow. Firefly is way overrated. Do you Defiance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Except lobbying for Netflix also means lobbying for the little guy. The thing the video doesn't emphasize is that it's not just that Comcast will slow down Netflix, Netflix can afford to pay up. It's that they'll slow down everyone else, making it nearly impossible to start a new company in competition with the services that are big enough to buy their way into the fast lane. The problem isn't that the delivery company will slow down Amazon's deliveries. It's that they'll slow down deliveries from the small sellers, because they can't afford to pay up. It's squashing potential competition for all kinds of services. Companies like Comcast already give you as little service as possible, with most people not getting the speeds they were promised with any consistency. And it's not like any of us have any real choice in internet providers, with the way Comcast and Tim Warner Cable have divided up the country. You're lucky if you get to choose between two companies. More often than not, if you want internet that functions the way the internet is supposed to, you have one option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Firefly is way overrated. Do you Defiance? No it's not. And I haven't watched Defiance before, looks pretty good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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