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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law |
| Date | 2015-02-27 13:27 +0000 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <mcprck$ah$3@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <mcobvj$jgr$1@solani.org> <270220150759436176%timstreater@greenbee.net> |
On 2015-02-27, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote: >>Off to pour myself a glass of scotch to celebrate. This is a great day >>for the Internet! > > For that part of the Internet in the US, you mean. Nothing to do with > the rest of us, although others may take note. Point taken! No worries though, man: You can pour yourself a scotch too if you like. As for 'nothing to do with the rest of us,' I'd argue you would indeed be impacted if the US implemented some ass-hatted packet filtering system. Lots of popular internet sites are American companies. Usenet, happily, would remain unaffected for the reasons its original architects saw more clearly than their successors did. Hils makes some good (political) points below, too.
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holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-26 23:58 +0000
Re: holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-27 07:59 +0000
Re: holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-02-27 09:39 +0000
Re: holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-27 13:27 +0000
Re: holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-27 15:47 +0000
Re: holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-27 15:36 +0000
Re: holy crap: America's FCC passes Net Neutrality law Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-02-28 03:26 +0000
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