[Tau Fanatic]

Various people of Tau Online! Hear my cry! This following statement was taken from http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/.

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I'd been hearing about this Net Neutrality thing for the past week, but at first I dismissed it as another one of those unfounded scare rumors that sweeps through those ridiculous email forwards and gets everyone all worked up. I mean, who the Y'xauk is going to try and regulate the internet?

Well, apparently some of these conservative, pompous politicians are giving it a shot, by attempting to give a few major corporations (who no doubt have provided generous campaign contributions to the Representatives involved) exclusive rights to deliver services via the internet.

Basically this means that the large companies like Verizon and Comcast would have, at their discretion, the right to choose what web content loads quickest for you. And guess how that decision is made? That's what, whatever web content makes them the most money. And if a website doesn't pay their exorbitant fees? It could load up slower than dial-up. Or not at all.

Dreamt of starting an online business? Opening a t-shirt shop online, or putting our your artwork for others to see? Under this legislation you can kiss that Shtlk goodbye, unless you're willing to fork over cash to the big communications companies so they'll allow your stuff to be seen.

As a self-employed cartoonist, a small business owner who makes his living thanks to the internet, you can imagine this concept hits close to home. The internet is the greatest tool we've ever had for getting around these ultra-rich, conservative fatasses who control everything.

Before the internet, if you wanted your work to get out there, you would have to submit it over, and over, and over again, to countless editors who were going to decide whether your idea was good enough to reach the masses. Who the Y'xauk were they to decide? Screw 'em.

The internet cuts these large corporations out and they know it. And it drives them nuts. You know what? Good. They don't know what they're doing anyway. Remember when MTV used to be Music Television? Now they showcase music for forty minutes out of the whole day, and they don't even play the whole Y'xa'uuk videos anymore. It's some O'res'dy droning on about whatever superficial horseshit they're trying to brainwash young America into buying. But thank god they don't play the whole videos, because the only music they play are whatever manufactured Klkn the big record labels are paying them to play. Do you see where I'm going with this?

Badger Badger Badger may have annoyed the Shtlk out of you. But that came directly from the creators, to the masses. There was no middle-man in a cheap suit saying "umm, well, I think maybe the badgers should be wearing FUBAR, and the snake, could we replace the snake with an asian minority? We're trying to appeal to our sponsors. And I'm worried that the mushroom infers illegal activities, so let's use these new Nike Air Jordans instead. And..." Y'xauk that. There's a lot of Shtlk on the internet, but I'd take sifting through the Klkn to find the good stuff, over having the Klkn be the only thing offered to me, any day of the week.

This legislation could be a serious issue. You decide.
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I have seen this on several sites. The idea is real and could affect us all [size=30pt]including Tau Online.[/size] Edit: Imagine a TO that could concivably force you to pay a toll to enter, or be shut down because one of the controlling companies doesn't like someone on the topic or several of the threads here.

Help join the fight (http://www.savetheinternet.com/) to keep the net in the neutral hands it is in right now. Keep the net free for all to use and enjoy!

Join today!

[Spiritbw]

Hmm, not the first time I heard about this to be honest. Came up in a computer magazine this month too. They are not joking folks. They want to have it so they control how fast and how much bandwidth you get at given time. The more you pay, the faster it goes. The less, the slower. it really is killing the internet as the voice of the people and a way for those of minor intersts to meet up. Might not affect the whole world but it would make hash of anything comming from the USA....including the server we are on.

[elflord9d]

Fight the power! To arms! To arms!

*I'm not joking*

[Spiritbw]

Well, we're not without our heavy hitters, and I do mean heavy. Amazon, Google, eBay, InteractiveCorp., Microsoft, and Google all came out swinging agianst this legislationa nd are campeigning against it.

Yes, shock and awe but Bill Gates is fighting for the little guy. ;D

[elflord9d]

YAY!

Bill is my homeboy. Someone should tell me when they are gonna vote for this becasue I wanna march at the white house. the internet is the only place a person can truely be free!

[Ironwinds]

I've also heard about it. I rant about lobbiest a lot, and well, you know what I would say but I don't have time right now.

Hopefully this will be held back long enough for the democrats to have a chance at getting a majority. No I don't see them as saviors, but I trust them slightly more with the internet.

You also have to look at this another way. Who has the B administration been fighting lately for information. Google... They also wanted to monitor all the porn, and thought google was the way to do it. Wronge, well by having companies friendly of the B admin they can monitor every ounce of badnwidth.

Right now the internet is the greatest thing since electricity. All the knowledge of mankind is in one place, easy to access for anyone. The library of Congress does not compare to the glory of the internet. If these greedy %$&#^'s get their hands on it it will be the same crap over and over... another TV >.

I'm reading the bill, and while not an expert I can tell its not good. They want to franchise is out...

This makes me mad in ways the Patriot Act act failed to >!

Yes, shock and awe but Bill Gates is fighting for the little guy.

This doesn't help him either. He's swinging for the computer users, what hurts us hurts him too, not to mention this would effect X-Box Live. You bet your %^& he's swinging.

[Lord Of War]

Looking at the vote, I can see the bill getting shot down. The vote is 11 for, 23 aganist, 23 undecided. I would still watch the issue, and keep an eye out for further bills with more subtle, but just as dangerous, ideas.

[Tau Fanatic]

Huzzah!

People of Tau Online! Prepare for war! We march as soon as the idiots take control!
[size=20pt]For the Greater Good![/size]

[Gada Mazaha]

Hah!

The day they get away with this is the day the Red Eyes stalk them and they are never seen again.

[Praying Mantidae]

What an absolutely rediculous thing to try to do. And with the people fighting against it... I don't see it happening.

Originally Posted by Black Mage

People of Tau Online! Prepare for war! We march as soon as the idiots take control!
[size=20pt]For the Greater Good![/size]

For the Greater Good! For the All-father!!