Very important. Thanks Cat We'll see how our lame-ass Congress does on this one...I'm not optimistic. I wouldn't exaggerate to point this as a critical crossroads in the future of the web and perhaps the future of humanity. I say, leave the web free ! Then Homeland Security takes over the phone and the cable companies! You are correct, however this in no way diminishes the worthiness of the cause. I too have a vested interest in keeping the internet neutral  @ptw as does every internet company on the web... Including ebay and yahoo and all the big players. I sent a letter to my congressmen asking them to cast a no vote. Lets keep greedy hands and prying eyes off Internet. In this new media of our future common sense, honor, decency and commitment must reign. So far we are pioneers here and this future depends on us first of all. It works - leave it alone. Phone and cable companies looking for a way to take us back to the days when we paid for the amount of usage. They promise that the average subscriber will never reach their limits, but on-line uses continue to accelerate and increase every day. Wanna bet they don't adjust their limits when that happens? Things like this make me so mad! Why would any congress member vote for this?! I'm not optimistic thew. Why? Campaign contributions and lobbyist influence, of course? In my mind, this issue is as important to the freedom of modern man to be informed and to inform the right of free press. Its value to our future cannot be overstated. It is indeed a turning point, perhaps a critical as that tattered work we claim to love but denigrate at every turn, the Constitution itself. well said BB. I second that. Eric Schmidt is feeding you a line that is twisting the issue. Here are a few things to put things into perpectives you may actually understand.. Fact 1: Streaming video & VOIP take different priorities than email & a single picture. These priorities are set by the owners of the network to provide the services as they are ment to be received. Eric's side proposes NO priorities. There went all of your streaming video, music, or phone service. Enjoy. Fact 2: The network is built to maximize efficiencies. Just like a freeway, it is not economical to build infrastructure for easy peak use b/c it is not being fully utilized in non-peek times. Think of rush hour traffic. Taxes would need to go... More money isn't the problem isu. Limited internet is the problem. They're talking about giving priority only to websites who pay more, instead of all of them. If they want more money they should just up the subscription prive, or bill you according to how much you use. price* Very enlightening perspective |
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