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The Coming Internet Monopolies
scrm writes "'The Federal Communications Commission is quietly handing over control of the broadband Internet to a handful of massive corporations according to this Salon article." Very important stuff; Slashdot has covered this before, but this is a great article which sums up everything that has gone on over the past few years.
Despite those dire warnings, the FCC's policy on broadband enjoys strong support. Companies with a stake in the matter are gung-ho for it, at least for their own networks
In other news, several CEOs were recently admitted to the Mayo clinic with an unusual condition that caused their eyeballs to actually turn into small dollar signs. When asked about his condition, once CEO could not stop laughing manically long enough to answer.
A spokesman for AOL/Time Warner said he was quite willing to accept customers from price gouging DSL monopolies into his price gouging Cable networks. Comcast could not be reached as their network was apparently down yet again.
I read the internet for the articles.
When things get handed to a corporation you can only vote if your wallet is big enough.
s/corporation/Congress/
Considered harmful.
"'The Federal Communications Commission is quietly handing over control of the broadband Internet to a handful of massive corporations "
SHHHH!!! They are doing it quietly dammit! Pass it only in notes with codes or you'll blow the whole thing!
Me too...linux! Wait, what was the subject again?
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurling down the highway"
-- Andrew (linux is obsolete) Tanenbaum
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Odd, dictionary.com says:
Look folks, the more we keep bastardizing the language the more confusing it will be to communicate.
Yep.