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Asalis Registered User
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 2020 Location: Fort Worth, Tx
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Jai_taigas Site Owner
Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 107 Location: Anywhere Lone
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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ahhh i laughed at this when i first ran across it via youtube, and i'm still laughing at it here on pf...
Mind you I never put anything instantly out and away but regardless, the idea that they would all agree for this is pure stupidity, ignoring... if i remember correctly, there is some legal problems with getting multiple different companies i can't really remember too well x.x
but bleh the internet is the government's anyways it's not in the possession of an one set person so to get this to actually work is near impossible anyways bleh _________________ Murph, this is my signature, read it with awe and admiration while you wish you had one like this. |
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Asalis Registered User
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 2020 Location: Fort Worth, Tx
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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As teric explained to me online there'd be no way to force everyone to do this. in the end other providers would speak up and say things like I can get you online cheaper than those other guys, eventually winding up with other still saying I can get you on the internet for absolutely free. Then we'd be right back where we started and with complete net neutrality again. _________________ Asalis: (uh*sah*lis)
We, dig, giant robots!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7PjQnw_E0U
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Henry_Hound Registered User
Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 792 Location: Somewhereville, MO
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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They were also supposed to start taxing e-mail use by early 2000, and it hasn't happened. I expect the exact same for this. _________________ I'm a serial killer, it's a bad habbit.
I killed tony, lucky charms, and the silly rabbit. |
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Styx Site Owner
Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 3176 Location: West Covina, California
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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I hear they're still try to do that. _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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Iron_Raptor Registered User
Joined: 15 Oct 2002 Posts: 50 Location: Toronto, Canada, eh?
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:12 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, you're trying to get several big huge ISP companies to agree on something? Not bloody likely, not when the conmsumer will throw a hissy fit.
If anything ACTA is more likely to pass since it is being discussed by G8 nations, OUTSIDE of WTO influence, outside of WIPO, outside of the normal traffic flow where trade agreements are normally drafted. _________________ "The history of humanity is like an Endless Waltz, it constantly dances to the three beats of war, peace, and revolution." |
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[Crash] Registered User
Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 96 Location: Cloud 9
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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This will go about as well as DRM did. _________________
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Arctic_Mutt Moderator
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 292 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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I will say that Bell Canada up here in Canuckistan is throttling certain Internet traffic (mostly torrents) and that is causing some controversy.
TELUS however, does not offer residential Internet service in all of Canada though, so I don't know how much sway they have to change things.
I don't see other business tolerating this - One of the great things about the Internet is the access it gives to entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial spirit is one of the great advantages of free-market capitalism.
I don't see any government outside those nations that already control the Internet (like Saudi Arabia, Cuba, etc) wanting to turn back the ability of innovators and entrepreneurs to make money and spread ideas.
I will say this group is smart putting the pic of the chick with the low-cut top as their opening shot - they understand marketing, apparently _________________ "We're Glad You Could Play Space Quest IV. As Usual, You've Been a Real Pantload."
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Syrius Registered User
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 1463 Location: The S.S. ScurvyDog, Arizona! YARR!
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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The internet will die when Al Gore dies. Remember, he gave it to us, and he can take it away.
_________________ Hey, Sony... IT'S PAYBACK TIME!
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Red Reynart Registered User
Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 169 Location: Moveing up state =^.^=
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:47 am Post subject: |
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I laugh so much at this.. Like are these guys for real?
I highly doubt something like this would ever take place.. packageing websites?
but.. When ever I do hear about stupid stuff like this I still do wonder the what ifs.. For I own my own website and I do say the internet is for the media, small business. anc comunication.. In america wouldn't that go against several laws for infingement of rights? but I could see each other country suffering.. _________________ Walking threw the forest
the wind calls my name
Unknow to the world
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CoonPucky5000 Registered User
Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 29 Location: USA-Some Rights May Not Apply
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:47 am Post subject: |
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I'm more worried about Net metering |
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CJ_Krythos Registered User
Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 87 Location: Wadsworth, OH
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:09 am Post subject: |
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reading this, I have a mental image of some geeks sitting around a table going "screw flying cars, lets get rid of the internet." XD _________________ "hey honey, could you tell me if this smells like Cloroform to you?" *holds up a damp rag*
-anonamous
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anthony Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2001 Posts: 1304 Location: Norway
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: |
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Frankly....
Yes, there's a very real possibility that this happens, particularly in America.
What will then happen is that many smaller companies with a global clientele will move their servers to other parts of the world.
They will also stop using USA-based payment services(credit-card verification and such) wherever possible to avoid having to pay extra.
As for Torrents, I couldn't care less if they throttled that, as it would mean more bandwidth for legal use. (at least 99% of Torrent traffic is pirated software/music/film)
What I REALLY want to see is that the core routers on the net was programmed to block traffic from 'black holes', validation of email senders and the end of Torrents.
That would free up so much bandwidth that there would no longer be any problems...
*black holes* = Certain address ranges are officially NOT in use on the net, and traffic should therefore NOT be coming from or going to these addresses. Certain ISPs knows this and use(or let spammers use) these addresses for less than savoury purposes, knowing full well that most routers on the net doesn't have the memory to store the path to those adresses more than a few minutes at most.(Automatical deletion of evidence. Got to love that... )
I know for a fact that spammers have used the IP-range of my organisation(we have a 'B' range of 65536 addresses, of which only a handful, mostly proxies, are 'visible' on the net) when sending out their crap.
In fact, we've had to ask our ISP and their closest links to specifically exclude or add as static routes most of our range to avoid problems with external services. _________________ "My name's Lion, Anthony Lion"
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Cookie Registered User
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 1690 Location: Yankee Appalachia
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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I find it amazing how we have always pictured the future being intelligent and highly civilized with grandiose technology.
But our current cultures are evidence to the contrary.
We can't have an intelligent future with a present full of morons, and we can't have high technology with greed over-moderating what we have now. _________________ AKA Skoon
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