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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Net neutrality demise |
| Date | 2017-11-27 08:32 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <f820s9F89riU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <20171121172949.029d3854.rsw@therandymon.com> <ov2b1d$2e7$4@dont-email.me> <ov4qp1$g97$1@dont-email.me> <ov4s0v$p9v$1@dont-email.me> <r11see-dlc.ln1@raspberry.therandymon.com> |
On 2017-11-26, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:59:59 -0000 (UTC)
> Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Usenet, being text only (I'm ignoring the alt.binaries heirarchy here)
>> is very unlikely to be impacted. The speed to which they would have to
>> throttle to make Usenet unusable would result in *every* modern website
>> being completely unusable to the point that folks would be calling up
>> their provider thinking their links were down. And that support call
>> flood would convince them they had throttled too far.
>
> Au contraire. It will be considered niche/specialty and made
> unavailable in traditional packages. If you want anything other than
> port 80 you'll have to upgrade to the 'curmudgeon edition' which offers
> NNTP and gopher and FTP, but costs quite a bit more.
>
> If you want access to any non USA/EU sites, that will cost more as
> well, actually. Hell, they'll segregate these markets down to the very
> last domain, and charge accordingly. Scumbags.
Another reason for being glad one does not live in the USA. Still, now
we'll get to see if the aphorism that "the Internet treats censorship
as a fault and routes around it" is true or not.
--
Today is Sweetmorn, the 39th day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3183
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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Re: Net neutrality demise RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-11-21 17:33 -0500
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Re: Net neutrality demise The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-11-22 13:38 -0800
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Re: Net neutrality demise Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-11-27 02:12 +0000
Re: Net neutrality demise Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-11-27 08:34 +0000
Re: Net neutrality demise RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-11-27 15:52 -0500
Re: Net neutrality demise Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-11-28 08:04 +0200
Re: Net neutrality demise Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-11-28 08:35 +0000
Re: Net neutrality demise Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-11-27 08:32 +0000
Re: Net neutrality demise Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-11-28 02:13 -0400
Re: Net neutrality demise Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-11-28 09:29 +0000
Re: Net neutrality demise Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-28 10:29 +0000
Re: Net neutrality demise Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-11-28 13:56 +0100
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Re: Net neutrality demise Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> - 2017-11-23 23:04 -0600
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Re: Net neutrality is dead Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-14 21:57 +0000
Re: Net neutrality is dead snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2017-12-14 22:23 +0000
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Re: Net neutrality is dead Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-15 18:18 +0200
Re: Net neutrality is dead Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-12-16 01:55 -0400
Re: Net neutrality is dead Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-16 21:24 +0000
Re: Net neutrality is dead Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-17 10:15 +0000
Re: Net neutrality is dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-17 14:54 +0100
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Re: Net neutrality is dead Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2017-12-23 14:57 +0100
Re: Net neutrality is dead RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-12-18 00:12 +0000
Re: Net neutrality is dead Larry Sheldon <lfsheldon@gmail.com> - 2017-12-17 19:25 -0600
Re: Net neutrality is dead Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-20 02:02 +0000
Re: Net neutrality is dead arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2017-12-20 19:18 +0000
Re: Net neutrality is dead Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-23 03:50 +0000
Re: Net neutrality is dead RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2018-06-11 14:29 -0400
Re: Net neutrality is dead RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2018-06-12 12:34 -0400
Re: Net neutrality is dead Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-18 12:05 +1000
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