It scares the crap out of me. The lack of neutrality, anyway. I love Ted Kennedy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=6UlCXXZTTh8). My senator. ♥
AND ALSO: apparently the Democrat that could become the new chair on the subcommitte on Internet and IP is in with the MPAA (movies) and the RIAA (music) - damn Texan Democrats, most of them might as well be Republicans - but hopefully he'll get juggled off to another committee, because the next dude in line is Rick Boucher, who's alll about consumer rights (which I'd think would go along with the ideals of net neutrality) and wants to reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Interesting. Thanks :) It seems to be much more of a US issue than an issue over here, so far, but we're looking at it for a work thing, so I thought I'd canvass for opinions/thoughts. :)
It worries me that you can so easily get from lack of net neutrality to restriction of the freedom of information. There's a soapbox in there somewhere for when I actually work out what it's all about. It's one of those terms I've heard bandied about mostly by people who don't have a much deeper understanding about it than I do. Probably because it hasn't really become a Great Issue over here. Or if it has, I've managed to miss it.
It is a bit of a confusing issue, because it sounds like one thing, but there are stands and strains involved in it. It's not really a massive concern over here, because over various techy things like local loop unbundling creating a very competitive market for telecoms and broadband provision, but it's possible that what happens in the US could affect us, or things over here could change, so we'll see. Thanks :)
Very important. Some big media/ISP conglomerates are trying to get legislation passed that does the opposite--that makes sites load fast if they pay your ISP, and everyone else load like molasses.
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Date: 2006-11-09 02:28 pm (UTC)AND ALSO: apparently the Democrat that could become the new chair on the subcommitte on Internet and IP is in with the MPAA (movies) and the RIAA (music) - damn Texan Democrats, most of them might as well be Republicans - but hopefully he'll get juggled off to another committee, because the next dude in line is Rick Boucher, who's alll about consumer rights (which I'd think would go along with the ideals of net neutrality) and wants to reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Longest. Sentence. Ever. XD
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