Net Neutrality: Almost Gone

POSTED BY: SignyM
UPDATED: Friday, August 25, 2023 18:29
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Say goodbye to high-speed access to FFF. Bid a sad farewell rapid access ... or ANY access... to independent ISP. Adieu to non-commercial websites like Wiki.

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["A broadband company could, for instance, ink a deal with Microsoft to transfer all attempts to reach Google.com to Bing.com. The only recourse a user would have, under the ruling, would be to switch to a different provider -- assuming, of course, they had an alternative to switch to."

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The FCC does "not have the authority" to write rules enforcing net neutrality....

But if it reclassifies the net as broadband... it does!

Mad as hell?

Wanna do something?

STEP ONE: Link here.

https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction
&id=437

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I signed. And if all else fails, there's still dial-up, horrible and drastic though that measure may seem.

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is it only americans that can sign?

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Looks like Canadians can too. I'm supposing because there are branches of the big telecommunications companies in Canada?

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Signed; cynic that I am, I doubt anything will stop the move if they really want it, but what the hell...

-- them,




"I'm just right. Kinda like the sun rising in the east and the world being round...its not a need its just the way it is." The Delusional "Hero", 3/1/10

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