Connan O' Brian
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Posted - 2011.02.02 22:52:00 -
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Edited by: Connan O'' Brian on 02/02/2011 22:54:29
Edited by: Connan O'' Brian on 02/02/2011 22:53:52
 Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer
Originally by: Maimakterion
Originally by: Mecinia Lua
Wow, dang I got several Canadians in my corp. Hope this doesn't affect them adversely.
Yeah I'm worried about that Net Neutrality thing here in the states, I'm hoping Congress just cuts FCC funding in effect removing it :).
Your post there contradicted itself multiple times and made zero sense.
Read up on the issue before you post anything about net neutrality: WIKIPEDIA Network Neutrality in the United States
Where I am always quick to bloviate and demonstrate my high intelligence and moral superirity on most topics, Net Neutrality is one of those topics that I just scratch my head over and ask to be spoken to about it as if I were 5 years old.
Of course in my experience, as far as the FCC is concerned, anything the US government touches turns to crap so I pretty much know where I would go on the issue if I knew more about it.
Yeah.... if you like the internet in its current form, you need to support Net Neutrality. All the major ISP's are fighting tooth and nail to do here what they just did in Canada. They want to cap usage, throttle speeds and tier package internet packages.
-Comcast- "Oh you want to play Eve online"
-You- "yes"
-Comcast- Then you will need to upgrade to our "Gamers Package". For an additional $39.99 a month, you get an additional 5GB's of bandwidth per month, capped at 1mbps per second, dedicated to gaming on Xbox Live and the Playstaion Network, in addition to World of Warcraft and pogo.com.
-You- "...um, speed capped?"
-Comcast- "Yes...."
-You- "...um... okay. But I play Eve Online. Does this 5GB's apply towards that.
-Comcast- ""I dont know, I have never heard of Eve Online? Is that a game? It may be covered, i'm not sure..."
-You- "Can you find out?
-Comcast- (Sigh)... "Please Hold."
------Line Disconnects-------
For once the FCC is on your side here. They like every other person that actually thinks about it, realize that giving ISP's the ability to block, tier, steer, and obstruct the internet how they see fit is probably a bad idea.
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