Defending the Truth

Why do they hate OUR FREEDOM'S?

The U.S. House of Representatives has defeated a provision to require U.S. broadband providers to offer the same speed of service to competitors that’s available to partners, a major defeat to a coalition of online companies and consumer groups.

The 269-152 House vote against the so-called net neutrality amendment late Thursday came after a last-minute push for the measure from many technology companies. After the House defeated the net neutrality amendment, it passed the underlying bill, a wide-ranging broadband bill focused partly on speeding the rollout of television over IP.

Without a net neutrality law, the Internet will turn into a two-tiered network in which the fastest speeds are reserved for content produced by the large broadband providers and companies that pay extra fees, net neutrality backers said. Customers who want to go to Web content from competing Internet companies will end up in a "slow lane," net neutrality backers said.

"It is a shame that the House turned its back on the open essence of the Internet," Gigi Sohn, president of consumer rights group Public Knowledge, said in an e-mail. "Instead, the House ... voted to allow the telephone and cable companies to discriminate by controlling the content that will flow over the network."
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Not good.

Big stinking deal.

We already have a two-tier system (perhaps three-tier):

1. Dial-Up.
2. DSL.
3. Cable Modem.

The problem with this bill is that it would allow governmental regulation of the internet. Once the FCC gets its foot in the door what is next. Yahoo mail has more subscriber than JoeBlow mail, this is not fair, Yahoo should be punished!!!! No thank you, companies should be free to charge other companies for their pages to pop up faster. The internet has continued to grow without the interference of government and should be allowed to continue.

Way to go Congress, keep your hands off the NET!!!!!!!!!!

dmk

hear hear!

Man, reading that discussion and the implications makes my head hurt.

Just give me the quick and skinny.

My access to porn isn't going to be affected, right?

Your access to everything might be affected.

Basically they want the government to be the traffic cop on the internet highway. The government would get to decide who deserves the fast HOV lane (Big Business of course) and who gets stuck in traffic.

Pure bullshit.

Oh. Well screw that then!

I think it was William Wallace in Braveheart who said, "You can take away my life, but you can never take my porn!"

Also that NRA quote: "They will take my porn away only when they pry it from my wet, sticky fingers!"

Very good analogy.

I remember my first sexual experience and how scared I was. The room was dark and I was all alone.