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The one incident I read about (AOL) got handled in court and to the users benefit. AOL was declared wrong.
Wasn't that precedent enough ?
Again this started with Comcast throttling/disconnecting P2P clients and the users weren't even aware of it. Throttling is bad enough but they were actually interfering with the service itself by disconnecting it.
- The Sandvine application reads packets that are traversing the network boundary
- If the application senses that outbound P2P traffic is higher than a threshold determined by Comcast, Sandvine begins to interrupt P2P protocol sequences that would initiate a new transfer from within the Comcast network to a peer outside of the Comcast network
- The interruption is accomplished by sending a perfectly forged TCP packet (correct peer, port, and sequence numbering) with the RST (reset) flag set. This packet is obeyed by the network stack or operating system which drops the connection.
If you want an analogy this would be like talking on the phone with your friend and the phone company cuts in with a voice that sounds like your friend and says "Sorry, have to go, bye" <click>.
And how is that financial reform working out to protect us against corrupt banking ?
Reforms would be far more effective if those involved in writing/modifying laws weren't corrupted by banking industry. But going back to net neutrality, what exactly is the great idea in giving corporations the power they desire?
Reforms would be far more effective if those involved in writing/modifying laws weren't corrupted by banking industry. But going back to net neutrality, what exactly is the great idea in giving corporations the power they desire?
And that is the fear. The corruption is so rampant that the regulations we think we want end up protecting them.
I do agree with you but that is just not the case today with our government.
The telcoms, the big ones, will be all over this or maybe they have already.
The net will or won't stay neutral...that's the debate.
Private companies like Verizon are 100% about their profit. They are not to be trusted. The consumer will get screwed.
I trust Verizon more than I trust AT&T.
They (AT&T) were broken up years ago and have managed to piecemeal themselves back into the monopoly they once were by owing the lines.
Oh goody, Comcast and Verizon now get to choose what websites I can go to. Gee, this is going be like the good old days of AOL and and Compuserve! Gee I can't wait, I might even turn in my FIOS for a dial up... now where is that AOL disk that I used to love so much....
If you like freedom of speech as it's currently embodied by the Internet, you should be very much in favor of Net Neutrality.
But I've come to realize that this is an argument that can't be won. "It's government, hence it's bad." <shrug> Enjoy your ComCast Internet experience.
Your standard Tea Party/GOP base voter is so ignorant on this issue that they just line up with the Telecoms because liberals are lining up against it. That's how lazy and dense they are. If it pisses the liberals off, they are for it. The consumer will shafted again if this passes, and yet another win for corporations and the expense of citizens.
The middle class and the poor are going to go through intense hard times before they give up the luxury of not paying attention and not thinking for themselves.
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And that is the fear. The corruption is so rampant that the regulations we think we want end up protecting them.
Those corrupting the government don't want the regulation. You're supporting their cause.
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