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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 08:17 PM Original message |
Net Neutrality |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. As someone who's lobbied against net neutrality |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. OK - but as proposed it has the potential to block web sites & regs that |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. As in the fairness doctrine? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes - the regs that Reagan killed and then vetoed the law Congress passed |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You're way off the mark. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Do we have a capacity problem? - Do Dark lines still exist? - Do fees not |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. tell us then, what is it about? nt |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Strictly speaking... |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:53 PM Original message |
Ah....got it. |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
32. Lame response. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Ahh. Profits. That's what I thought. |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. I'll have to do some research on this aspect of it. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I respect your argument ... |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. You're partially right. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. With all due respect ... |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. What you're talking about is called |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I can't give you many links ... |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. No, they don't get to set the terms |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. They pay for rights-of-way |
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smartvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Makes you wonder how cables ever managed. Spin, spin, spin. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. enlighten us then |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. "Consumers" is the key word |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Do you know how much bandwidth DU takes up? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It's not a matter of Google or Yahoo "forcing" them |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You're right. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "The person who laid down billions of dollars to future-proof the Internet |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Not to mention their cable is in OUR land. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Your argument would be like the telcos realizing... |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. They would if fiber were put |
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javadu (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Correct ---- It is About Slowing Some of Them Down -- (nm) |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, I am going to bed. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-23-06 10:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Let me see if I've got this right |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Oh no! This guy is making a capitalist argument!!! |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 07:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. As I asked above - Does light travel faster with new fiber? - Do repeaters |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. Democracy NOW:Telcoms to write law that gives them control of the internet |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
23. www.SAVETHEINTERNET.com |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Thanks. |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. On whose behalf, what organization, do you lobby against net neutrality? |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. No way would I reveal that. |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Okay. Duly noted. |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 06:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Basically, I'm saying I won't name the company. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Sorry but I am still a bit lost - dark fiber does not exist? - more fiber |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You are going to wait a long time for an answer. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I suspect you are correct - and it is sad. |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I'm back. Sorry I had to work. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 05:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Excellent answers - but getting TV to the home via DSL may not be worth |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. SaveTheInternet (video) |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Quick, somebody explain Net Neutrality to me |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. it's simple... |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. The Internet has been private since the first ISP started. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. "Free" as in FREE ACCESS FOR EVERYONE. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 05:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. advertiser income to AOL w/ no large use fee to telco's seems to be |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. I have a simple explanation |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
49. More from the Democracy Now interview |
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yellowjacket (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-25-06 06:15 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. For the record, that's not the only amendment |
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