Net Neutrality Poll

Is net neutrality a good thing?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Can't say either way.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Don't know what it is.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
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FluffyMcDeath

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It occurs to me that this is an important issue that I have not yet seen raised and discussed here. Perhaps it was and was over so fast I never saw it. Either way, I just thought I'd take a reading of what I take to be a fairly internet savvy community.
 
It occurs to me that this is an important issue that I have not yet seen raised and discussed here. Perhaps it was and was over so fast I never saw it. Either way, I just thought I'd take a reading of what I take to be a fairly internet savvy community.
 
It occurs to me that this is an important issue that I have not yet seen raised and discussed here. Perhaps it was and was over so fast I never saw it. Either way, I just thought I'd take a reading of what I take to be a fairly internet savvy community.
 
It occurs to me that this is an important issue that I have not yet seen raised and discussed here. Perhaps it was and was over so fast I never saw it. Either way, I just thought I'd take a reading of what I take to be a fairly internet savvy community.
 
It occurs to me that this is an important issue that I have not yet seen raised and discussed here. Perhaps it was and was over so fast I never saw it. Either way, I just thought I'd take a reading of what I take to be a fairly internet savvy community.
 
It occurs to me that this is an important issue that I have not yet seen raised and discussed here. Perhaps it was and was over so fast I never saw it. Either way, I just thought I'd take a reading of what I take to be a fairly internet savvy community.
 
Just thought I'd bump this one time to see what happens. So far there are five votes and I'm curious to see if the trend follows.

The most interesting statistic is that out of 34 views there are 5 responses. Does that mean that the unofficial option of "I don't care" is actually polling at 29 (or 85% of the votes)?
 
Just thought I'd bump this one time to see what happens. So far there are five votes and I'm curious to see if the trend follows.

The most interesting statistic is that out of 34 views there are 5 responses. Does that mean that the unofficial option of "I don't care" is actually polling at 29 (or 85% of the votes)?
 
Just thought I'd bump this one time to see what happens. So far there are five votes and I'm curious to see if the trend follows.

The most interesting statistic is that out of 34 views there are 5 responses. Does that mean that the unofficial option of "I don't care" is actually polling at 29 (or 85% of the votes)?
 
Just thought I'd bump this one time to see what happens. So far there are five votes and I'm curious to see if the trend follows.

The most interesting statistic is that out of 34 views there are 5 responses. Does that mean that the unofficial option of "I don't care" is actually polling at 29 (or 85% of the votes)?
 
Just thought I'd bump this one time to see what happens. So far there are five votes and I'm curious to see if the trend follows.

The most interesting statistic is that out of 34 views there are 5 responses. Does that mean that the unofficial option of "I don't care" is actually polling at 29 (or 85% of the votes)?
 
Just thought I'd bump this one time to see what happens. So far there are five votes and I'm curious to see if the trend follows.

The most interesting statistic is that out of 34 views there are 5 responses. Does that mean that the unofficial option of "I don't care" is actually polling at 29 (or 85% of the votes)?
 
cecilia said:
This is what Senator Schumer has to say on the subject.
Click to expand...

Thanks for bumping this. And I'm glad to see there's a Senator who knows a little about the importance of freedom when it comes to innovation.

I was surprised that this topic didn't generate much debate since it is so very important to ... well, everything including sites like this.

Imagine for example having to wait 10 seconds for a response from the server not because the server is slow but because microsoft's traffic is given priority, or ...

The application I worry about, in particular is VoIP. Once the push to legislate traffic starts, the next thing the Telecos are going to want to do is bill VoIP like regular long distance (which is rediculous, but lucrative). When that happens, if they can't actually intercept and bill skype packets or whatever, then they will find some pliable senator to make it illegal to send VoIP packets that aren't clearly identifiable as VoIP. And after that it is trivial to legislate any kind of packet and therefore control information flows by taxing certain information differently from others.

And the worst part would be the effect on innovation. Imagine someone coming up with something new and interesting and never being able to capitalize on it because he'd be stuck in negotiations with the Telecos for years as they try to decide how to bill for it (and eventually, with lawyers and foot dragging, wear the guy down until they can just buy the technology from him for next to nothing).
 
cecilia said:
This is what Senator Schumer has to say on the subject.
Click to expand...

Thanks for bumping this. And I'm glad to see there's a Senator who knows a little about the importance of freedom when it comes to innovation.

I was surprised that this topic didn't generate much debate since it is so very important to ... well, everything including sites like this.

Imagine for example having to wait 10 seconds for a response from the server not because the server is slow but because microsoft's traffic is given priority, or ...

The application I worry about, in particular is VoIP. Once the push to legislate traffic starts, the next thing the Telecos are going to want to do is bill VoIP like regular long distance (which is rediculous, but lucrative). When that happens, if they can't actually intercept and bill skype packets or whatever, then they will find some pliable senator to make it illegal to send VoIP packets that aren't clearly identifiable as VoIP. And after that it is trivial to legislate any kind of packet and therefore control information flows by taxing certain information differently from others.

And the worst part would be the effect on innovation. Imagine someone coming up with something new and interesting and never being able to capitalize on it because he'd be stuck in negotiations with the Telecos for years as they try to decide how to bill for it (and eventually, with lawyers and foot dragging, wear the guy down until they can just buy the technology from him for next to nothing).
 
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