Today the Users of the Internet, you me, him, her, took a massive blow. Our rights have been stomped on, with this disgusting rule that's being passed. I feel so utterly betrayed. It's been allowed by my own president. The President I proudly voted for, thinking that my vote for him was going to bring change. Even tho i still support him, the knife in the back is truly a tragedy. This is very serious business folks, no meme associated.
I wont sit here and let this happen, i just can't. Our generation, the youth, us HAVE to stand up and do whatever we can to fight back. This just can't happen, it's beyond an atrocity. I want to be part of the fight, the front, the demonstration that needs to take place, to show the FCC and the world our strength. Users of the internet, No more meager shoves at the problem that has been staring us in the face for more than 5 years now. It's time we throw a decent punch. Our punch will then need to be a powerful blow, a blow to the face that is the FCC. We can and will stand up for our rights. We need to do whatever we can. Times are changing, everyone. It's time to let go of our weak, unimportant reservations of what we think we can't do. We have our chance, it's more the time now than ever.
Time has come to show our strength, the strength we know we have, and must use to fight the unjust. Grab yer Guy Fawkes masks my friends.
I've read the linked post twice and I still don't get what exactly is happening.
Is it just that a couple of cellphone companies are forcing people to use their phones over a couple others or what? I don't get it.
The FCC has passed a Net Neutrality bill that seems okay on the surface, but suffers from loads of loopholes.
This bill has been criticized for months as being too weak, but these pleas were ignored. Even another member of the FCC complained about it.
Basically, Net Neutrality is losing the battle right now. As of this bill, your mobile, cellphone internet does not follow the same rules as your broadband. Companies can restrict whatever content they like on your cellphone.
Also, companies can give you faster access to larger websites, such as Google, but slow your access to normal sites, like this forum. You want decent speeds? Pay up.
There's plenty more, of course, if you take the time to read up.
This is the kind of **** I was talking about when I said that people just don't care.
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As of this bill, your mobile, cellphone internet does not follow the same rules as your broadband. Companies can restrict whatever content they like on your cellphone.
That's the only part that applies specifically to cellphones. Everything else is fair game to be applied to anything.
I am also unimpressed as well. Often the same folks that are complaining about Net Neutrality are the same folks who support the same DC bureaucrats who are hand-in-glove with corporate interests. It's like the complaining about Obama. Come on people what did you expect? You told them they could make decisions for you, and these are the decisions they made. If you have some *plan* for making this right let us know. Otherwise most of us have other things to worry about, like figuring out how to make our mods work in Minecraft Beta.
I am also unimpressed as well. Often the same folks that are complaining about Net Neutrality are the same folks who support the same DC bureaucrats who are hand-in-glove with corporate interests. It's like the complaining about Obama. Come on people what did you expect? You told them they could make decisions for you, and these are the decisions they made. If you have some *plan* for making this right let us know. Otherwise most of us have other things to worry about, like figuring out how to make our mods work in Minecraft Beta.
From your past posts, I expected better from you.
First off, I don't affiliate myself with any political party. Our government is broken. And as Garret said, this is the opposite of what Obama promised during the election.
Furthermore, without Net Neutrality, there very likely would have been no Minecraft. At least not in the form that it is today. The fact that you think a Minecraft mod is more important than the fate of the internet and Net Neutrality means that you owe Net Neutrality at least a little bit of effort.
I wrote this thread with the simple goal of getting the word spread. I'm committed to attending any protest anon organizes. But when it comes to the organization of these demonstrations, it needs to be decided by the masses, not me.
I''m passionate about defending my internet rights.
and to the guy who said something about net neutrality folks being hand in hand with corporate interests, i dont think that statement could be further from the truth.
And im not an anon "impersonator". I've just watched anon's power with the protests against CoS and admired them, and always told myself that i am committed to the same cause. If anyone would organize a protest, it would obviously be them.
like the posts above me state correctly, i was promised the opposite of this.
Protesting and marching with no connection to organizations and a movement organizing to seize power is generally a failure. They will not listen, look at the Iraq war, millions marched, subsequently shrugged off by the media.
The Scientology protests got a good amount of media attention.
This is just the continuation of a trend. Every major political action by the US lately has been a band-aid. We needed something done about the economy, so they did something. Wasn't great, but it was something. Same story goes for healthcare. Now net neutrality. The politicians' goals aren't to do what's best for the people. It's to look like they're doing something and get re-elected.
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If the US gets away with it, though, it's likely that other countries will follow.
Contrary to popular belief, (or at least american popular belief) the United States isn't the center of the universe.
I didn't even imply that.
It's fairly obvious that many other countries have been attempting similar kinds of ********. Of course, it's risky business. In order to succeed, it needs to be handled carefully.
If the US can succeed with it, there's an excellent example for all those other countries to follow.
Today the Users of the Internet, you me, him, her, took a massive blow. Our rights have been stomped on, with this disgusting rule that's being passed. I feel so utterly betrayed. It's been allowed by my own president. The President I proudly voted for, thinking that my vote for him was going to bring change. Even tho i still support him, the knife in the back is truly a tragedy. This is very serious business folks, no meme associated.
SO do you like the CHANGE? Cause it looks like you sure as heck got it!
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"All men have stood for freedom... For freedom is the man that will turn the world upside down."
SO do you like the CHANGE? Cause it looks like you sure as heck got it!
How is a post like that contributing anything at all?
Really freaky about these new net neutrality laws. My guess (read: hope), though, is that should an issue related to this ever go to court, it won't be held up. If an ISP chooses to restrict speeds to certain websites, and allow faster access to others, such as their own, this could easily be seen as an anti-competitive practice. It's discriminatory, plain and simple. Though, I'm not sure why that wouldn't apply to cellular networks as well...
At this point, I'm not sure there is a whole lot that CAN be done. I don't know the policy process for policies passed by the FCC --to me it seems like the courts would be the major area of opposition.
There is one and only one real point to Net Neutrality - to establish the precedent that the FCC can regulate the provision of internet content. That's it. They started with this particular issue because it's superficially beneficial to the consumer, but this issue isn't the point. The point is ultimately solely to establish regulatory power.
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Today the Users of the Internet, you me, him, her, took a massive blow. Our rights have been stomped on, with this disgusting rule that's being passed. I feel so utterly betrayed. It's been allowed by my own president. The President I proudly voted for, thinking that my vote for him was going to bring change. Even tho i still support him, the knife in the back is truly a tragedy. This is very serious business folks, no meme associated.
I wont sit here and let this happen, i just can't. Our generation, the youth, us HAVE to stand up and do whatever we can to fight back. This just can't happen, it's beyond an atrocity. I want to be part of the fight, the front, the demonstration that needs to take place, to show the FCC and the world our strength. Users of the internet, No more meager shoves at the problem that has been staring us in the face for more than 5 years now. It's time we throw a decent punch. Our punch will then need to be a powerful blow, a blow to the face that is the FCC. We can and will stand up for our rights. We need to do whatever we can. Times are changing, everyone. It's time to let go of our weak, unimportant reservations of what we think we can't do. We have our chance, it's more the time now than ever.
Time has come to show our strength, the strength we know we have, and must use to fight the unjust. Grab yer Guy Fawkes masks my friends.
I've been working for well over a year to try and spread the word, but people just don't care. It's depressing, really.
Oh hey, don't forget FO dog!
The FCC has passed a Net Neutrality bill that seems okay on the surface, but suffers from loads of loopholes.
This bill has been criticized for months as being too weak, but these pleas were ignored. Even another member of the FCC complained about it.
Basically, Net Neutrality is losing the battle right now. As of this bill, your mobile, cellphone internet does not follow the same rules as your broadband. Companies can restrict whatever content they like on your cellphone.
Also, companies can give you faster access to larger websites, such as Google, but slow your access to normal sites, like this forum. You want decent speeds? Pay up.
There's plenty more, of course, if you take the time to read up.
Are you ignorant?
This is the kind of **** I was talking about when I said that people just don't care.
That's the only part that applies specifically to cellphones. Everything else is fair game to be applied to anything.
Oh.
I... I see.
From your past posts, I expected better from you.
First off, I don't affiliate myself with any political party. Our government is broken. And as Garret said, this is the opposite of what Obama promised during the election.
Furthermore, without Net Neutrality, there very likely would have been no Minecraft. At least not in the form that it is today. The fact that you think a Minecraft mod is more important than the fate of the internet and Net Neutrality means that you owe Net Neutrality at least a little bit of effort.
I''m passionate about defending my internet rights.
and to the guy who said something about net neutrality folks being hand in hand with corporate interests, i dont think that statement could be further from the truth.
And im not an anon "impersonator". I've just watched anon's power with the protests against CoS and admired them, and always told myself that i am committed to the same cause. If anyone would organize a protest, it would obviously be them.
like the posts above me state correctly, i was promised the opposite of this.
The Scientology protests got a good amount of media attention.
For now.
If the US gets away with it, though, it's likely that other countries will follow.
Contrary to popular belief, (or at least american popular belief) the United States isn't the center of the universe.
I didn't even imply that.
It's fairly obvious that many other countries have been attempting similar kinds of ********. Of course, it's risky business. In order to succeed, it needs to be handled carefully.
If the US can succeed with it, there's an excellent example for all those other countries to follow.
SO do you like the CHANGE? Cause it looks like you sure as heck got it!
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Really freaky about these new net neutrality laws. My guess (read: hope), though, is that should an issue related to this ever go to court, it won't be held up. If an ISP chooses to restrict speeds to certain websites, and allow faster access to others, such as their own, this could easily be seen as an anti-competitive practice. It's discriminatory, plain and simple. Though, I'm not sure why that wouldn't apply to cellular networks as well...
At this point, I'm not sure there is a whole lot that CAN be done. I don't know the policy process for policies passed by the FCC --to me it seems like the courts would be the major area of opposition.