If this op/ed in the baltimore sun states the case accurately, internet service providers are pushing legislation through congress that may have a direct effect on which web sites you are allowed to access...... The big isp`s are proposing to divide the internet into high- and low-rent districts:
Proposed rule changes would tangle the Web.
"It`s news to most people because the major news media have not actively pursued the story. Yet both the House and Senate commerce committees are promoting new rules governing the manner by which most Americans receive the Web. Congressional passage of new rules is widely anticipated, as is President Bush’s signature. Once this happens, the Internet will change before your eyes.
The proposed House legislation, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act (COPE), offers no protections for “network neutrality.”
Currently, your Internet provider does not voluntarily censor the Web as it enters your home. This levels the playing field between the tiniest blog and the most popular Web site.
Yet the big telecom companies want to alter this dynamic. AT&T and Verizon have publicly discussed their plans to divide the information superhighway into separate fast and slow lanes. Web sites and services willing to pay a toll will be channeled through the fast lane, while all others will be bottled up in the slower lanes. COPE, and similar telecom legislation offered in the Senate, does nothing to protect the consumer from this transformation of the Internet.
The telecoms are frustrated that commercial Web sites reap unlimited profits while those providing entry to your home for these companies are prevented from fully cashing in. If the new telecom regulations pass without safeguarding net neutrality, the big telecom companies will be able to prioritize the Web for you. They will be free to decide which Web sites get to your computer faster and which ones may take longer - or may not even show up at all.""
a synopsis...."The COPE Act, as currently drafted, fails to protect an open and neutral Internet or to encourage equitable broadband deployment. It establishes only minimal language on network neutrality. It also fails to ensure that broadband providers will extend service to areas they view as less-profitable. The bill lacks what are known as build-out requirements that stop companies from cherry-picking areas to serve. On a positive note, it does allow for municipalities to offer broadband services to their residents.""
i read the article yesterday about the government agency tipping off the minutemen..... now this....
anyone with $200 can publish news/opinion on the internet....
msm doesn't like it because the little guy needs to listen, not speak.....
conglomerates don't like it because they have millions to spend on advertising (think coke) and the little guy comes along and can tout his product, too.....
this is all about power classes.
and republicans are in control...i think i`m going to be sick...
where do you go to get representation?...
Proposed rule changes would tangle the Web.
"It`s news to most people because the major news media have not actively pursued the story. Yet both the House and Senate commerce committees are promoting new rules governing the manner by which most Americans receive the Web. Congressional passage of new rules is widely anticipated, as is President Bush’s signature. Once this happens, the Internet will change before your eyes.
The proposed House legislation, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act (COPE), offers no protections for “network neutrality.”
Currently, your Internet provider does not voluntarily censor the Web as it enters your home. This levels the playing field between the tiniest blog and the most popular Web site.
Yet the big telecom companies want to alter this dynamic. AT&T and Verizon have publicly discussed their plans to divide the information superhighway into separate fast and slow lanes. Web sites and services willing to pay a toll will be channeled through the fast lane, while all others will be bottled up in the slower lanes. COPE, and similar telecom legislation offered in the Senate, does nothing to protect the consumer from this transformation of the Internet.
The telecoms are frustrated that commercial Web sites reap unlimited profits while those providing entry to your home for these companies are prevented from fully cashing in. If the new telecom regulations pass without safeguarding net neutrality, the big telecom companies will be able to prioritize the Web for you. They will be free to decide which Web sites get to your computer faster and which ones may take longer - or may not even show up at all.""
a synopsis...."The COPE Act, as currently drafted, fails to protect an open and neutral Internet or to encourage equitable broadband deployment. It establishes only minimal language on network neutrality. It also fails to ensure that broadband providers will extend service to areas they view as less-profitable. The bill lacks what are known as build-out requirements that stop companies from cherry-picking areas to serve. On a positive note, it does allow for municipalities to offer broadband services to their residents.""
i read the article yesterday about the government agency tipping off the minutemen..... now this....
anyone with $200 can publish news/opinion on the internet....
msm doesn't like it because the little guy needs to listen, not speak.....
conglomerates don't like it because they have millions to spend on advertising (think coke) and the little guy comes along and can tout his product, too.....
this is all about power classes.
and republicans are in control...i think i`m going to be sick...
where do you go to get representation?...
