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  Net neutrality "go slow" protest Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-09-05 14:07 +0100
    Re: Net neutrality "go slow" protest RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-07 10:53 +0000
      Re: Net neutrality "go slow" protest RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-07 14:50 +0000
        Re: Net neutrality "go slow" protest Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-08 05:50 +0000
    Re: Net neutrality "go slow" protest Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-09-07 17:53 -0700
      Re: Net neutrality "go slow" protest RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-09 08:39 +0000

#4716 — Net neutrality "go slow" protest

"On 10 September, tech firms including Etsy, FourSquare, KickStarter,
Mozilla, Reddit and Vimeo will install a widget on their sites to show
how they believe the internet would look if the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) overturns “net neutrality” rules.

The FCC is currently redrawing its rules after a series of legal
challenges from cable and telecoms companies undermined its authority to
regulate the internet. One proposal could allow internet service
providers to offer fast lanes to higher paying customers, a move critics
charge would break net neutrality – the principle that all traffic is
treated equally online."

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/04/etsy-mozilla-reddit-protest-net-neutrality

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#4737

On 2014-09-05, Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> wrote:
> The FCC is currently redrawing its rules after a series of legal
> challenges from cable and telecoms companies undermined its authority
> to regulate the internet. One proposal could allow internet service
> providers to offer fast lanes to higher paying customers, a move
> critics charge would break net neutrality – the principle that all
> traffic is treated equally online."
>

Happily, the only way Usenet could be affected is if we all went back to
14.4 baud modems!  And even then, not so much.  Hooray for text
interfaces!

That said, and all frivolity aside, I support this movement.  I never
fail to be disgusted by how easily elected officials can be swayed by
corporate interests carrying bags of money.  The Internet was working
jsut fine the way it was, thankyaverramuch, so why mess with it?  Oh
yeah, because we'll get lots of money!

Fire and pitchforks, I say.  The problem isn't the media cabals.  It's
the pondscum who apparently "governs" us.

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#4739

On 2014-09-07, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2014-09-05, Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> wrote:
>> The FCC is currently redrawing its rules after a series of legal
>> challenges from cable and telecoms companies undermined its authority
>> to regulate the internet. One proposal could allow internet service
>> providers to offer fast lanes to higher paying customers, a move
>> critics charge would break net neutrality – the principle that all
>> traffic is treated equally online."
>>
>
> Happily, the only way Usenet could be affected is if we all went back to
> 14.4 baud modems!  And even then, not so much.  Hooray for text
> interfaces!
>
> That said, and all frivolity aside, I support this movement.  I never
> fail to be disgusted by how easily elected officials can be swayed by
> corporate interests carrying bags of money.  The Internet was working
> jsut fine the way it was, thankyaverramuch, so why mess with it?  Oh
> yeah, because we'll get lots of money!
>
> Fire and pitchforks, I say.  The problem isn't the media cabals.  It's
> the pondscum who apparently "governs" us.

Interesting update: this just showed up in Reddit.
http://jointhefastlane.com  

Best as I can tell, it's a joke/threat, and someone has mocked it up
(pretty authentically, as far as I can tell) to give a scary view of
what a post net-neutrality internet would look like.  I'd say they've
hit the nail right on the head, and bonus points for rampant use of my
least favorite marketing word in the English language: "Premium."

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#4747

On 2014-09-07, RS Wood wrote:
> Interesting update: this just showed up in Reddit.
> http://jointhefastlane.com  
>
> Best as I can tell, it's a joke/threat, and someone has mocked it up
> (pretty authentically, as far as I can tell) to give a scary view of
> what a post net-neutrality internet would look like.  I'd say they've
> hit the nail right on the head, and bonus points for rampant use of my
> least favorite marketing word in the English language: "Premium."

That's excellent satire, very well done indeed!

> "Send unlimited emails to up to 5 friends in the FastLane
> network."

I particularly like how they modified the names of prominent sites.

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#4743

I've thought about how the internet will inevitably end up from time to 
time.  It's already a virtual cesspool of mostly irrelevant trivia, 
infected by pervasive advertising, SEO spam, astroturfing, and so 
forth.  Even the formerly useful sites are starting to reek of death 
and decay, or are at best virtual plantations sharecropping the page 
space out to desperate marketing interns.

When the (open) internet goes down for good I'll figure out something 
else to do.  I probably won't weep, and no doubt there will still be 
plenty of cat videos as well as Amazon to enjoy.

Wait, tell me how it will differ without pervasive 
government-controlled 'net neutrality?'

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#4756

In article <luiulk$jol$1@dont-email.me>,
 Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've thought about how the internet will inevitably end up from time to 
> time.  It's already a virtual cesspool of mostly irrelevant trivia, 
> infected by pervasive advertising, SEO spam, astroturfing, and so 
> forth.  Even the formerly useful sites are starting to reek of death 
> and decay, or are at best virtual plantations sharecropping the page 
> space out to desperate marketing interns.
> 
> When the (open) internet goes down for good I'll figure out something 
> else to do.  I probably won't weep, and no doubt there will still be 
> plenty of cat videos as well as Amazon to enjoy.
> 
> Wait, tell me how it will differ without pervasive 
> government-controlled 'net neutrality?'

Wow, long time no see Oregonian!  Welcome back.  I'm optimistic about 
some Internet communities and even the Internet itself, but pessimistic 
about many of the peoples and cultures that use it.  Just like any other 
medium, you've got to know where to look.  There's way more out there 
than trivia and cat videos.

I'd suggest searching on topics that interest you and then diving down 
into the smaller communities that focus on those things.  If you're 
getting cat videos you are probably still stuck on mainstream media and 
the increasingly commercialized sites that purport to review tech but 
really just sell cellphones.

It's out there! Good luck.

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