The End of The Internet As We Know It - Just Got Worse

The FCC was doing this for years, then they failed. I have no idea why Verizon wanted to do this, and same for Google. It's just a bad way to gain support from people lol. I'm sure people will fight if they don't want this to happen.

Paying for Internet is one thing, but turning it into something like Xbox live or PSN Plus is another thing.


It's called Net Neutrality by the way.

Here's Obama's Speech about it in 2007:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-mW1qccn8k[/ame]
 
Bizongod said:
The FCC was doing this for years, then they failed. I have no idea why Verizon wanted to do this, and same for Google. It's just a bad way to gain support from people lol. I'm sure people will fight if they don't want this to happen.

Paying for Internet is one thing, but turning it into something like Xbox live or PSN Plus is another thing.


It's called Net Neutrality by the way.
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Here is some quotes from the actual legislative framework that Google and Verizon proposed:

Regulatory Authority: The FCC would have exclusive authority to oversee broadband Internet access service, but would not have any authority over Internet software applications, content or services. Regulatory authorities would not be permitted to regulate broadband Internet access service.
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Non-Discrimination Requirement: In providing broadband Internet access service, a provider would be prohibited from engaging in undue discrimination against any lawful Internet content, application, or service in a manner that causes meaningful harm to competition or to users. Prioritization of Internet traffic would be presumed inconsistent with the non-discrimination standard, but the presumption could be rebutted
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Literally a year ago these two companies were the champions of Net-neutrality and now they're the villains. There is something going on here, something that we aren't purview to and it's troubling.

Sure there are loopholes in the framework, but it's a framework and it will go through more drafts as the process continues to close those up. See from what I've read it supports net-neutrality almost entirely. There is absolutely no verbiage in here about toll-roading and in fact it goes out and give the FFC the right to "impose a forfeiture of up to $2,000,000 for knowing violations of the consumer-protection
or non-discrimination provisions."

Ignore the pundits and actually read the document. Here I'll post it again:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/35599242/Verizon-Google-Legislative-Framework-Proposal
 
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Honestly we all knew it were going to end sometime.
If that time isn't now, in a couple of years, the oil will be much more expensive, as it'll be a lot harder to get to.
I'm not talking another dollar or two.

As an instant result, electricity will also suffer this price,
and I for one (and neither of you, unless you're millionaires) will own a computer.
Well, you could save the one you have, but wont be able to run it.

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People, people, everything has an end. Let's not think of the doomsday and focus on the blast we'll have on our way towards it
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But thanks for the information, I'll follow this with interest :)

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EDIT: Prisoner, if you want me to explain it to you, please PM me.
 
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Mobilize said:
Honestly we all knew it were going to end sometime.
If that time isn't now, in a couple of years, the oil will be much more expensive, as it'll be a lot harder to get to.
I'm not talking another dollar or two.

As an instant result, electricity will also suffer this price,
and I for one (and neither of you, unless you're millionaires) will own a computer.
Well, you could save the one you have, but wont be able to run it.

_________________
People, people, everything has an end. Let's not think of the doomsday and focus on the blast we'll have on our way towards it
_________________

But thanks for the information, I'll follow this with interest :)
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Your sentence makes no logical, rational, or emotional sense. We are not talking about oil price fluctuations or energy costs. We are talking about Internet access across providers and how it should not be restricted, censored, or whored out by a few companies making deals.
 
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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE[/ame]

Explains the issue.


So does

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9jHOn0EW8U[/ame]
 
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Prisoner416 said:
Your sentence makes no logical, rational, or emotional sense. We are not talking about oil price fluctuations or energy costs. We are talking about Internet access across providers and how it should not be restricted, censored, or ***** out by a few companies making deals.

Also, if you don't care about this issue, please, just destroy your wi-fi routers and cable modems as you clearly don't deserve them.
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Thanks for the video replies.
But this topic seems interesting and valuable disucussion material, don't make this get locked.
 
Kinetik said:
Read these sources and discuss what you think about it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/google-verizon-deal-the-e_b_671617.html


It get's worse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-aaron/google-verizon-pact-it-ge_b_676194.html
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Sensationalist much? These articles had almost no information on the actual deal iteself - I learned nothing. It's just a collection of wild accusations. I'm going over the other pair of articles now. Maybe those will have some real information on them.
 
I won't really mind so much if they keep all sites that don't pay at the same speed, and just speed up sites that do pay.
But we all know that it would go much farther than that.
 
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*sigh* Why do people have such a greed for money?

I say if this happens everyone with internet access, should just drop their ISP's that way they dont get money at all. Kind of like a protest.

I know a while back when gas prices got really high and so many people stopped buying gas that they actually had to lower the gas prices in order to stay in business.

In all honesty, if they do this and it degrades the internet to Dial Up speeds. I can promise i wont be around on the internet for very long.

Also they have to think about how this would affect Police Units, Firemen, even the Military. Too many thing being affected for it to even be worth it.
 
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