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Two-Tier Internet & The End of Freedom of Speech

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday May 31, 2006 @04:06AM from the keep-ringing-the-bell dept.

Max Fomitchev writes "The proposed Two-Tier Internet bill threatens not only to raise prices on goods and services served online but also to seriously hamper free speech on Internet by allowing telecom providers choking user pages and blogs not associated with major content providers. What a perfect way of censorship..."

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Ooops.. by wjcofkc · 2006-05-31 04:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I just read through the comments. It looks like everybody is getting scored troll for speaking out as I did.
In a distant way, that's kind of ironic.
back to my cave now. Bad, bad troll...

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Re:REDACTED by tolan-b · 2006-05-31 04:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Why the hell has this been modded off-topic?
Re:Grand proposal... by Raistlin77 · 2006-05-31 04:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Well of course those that live in the sticks or in limited-connectivity areas will suffer, but they will suffer regardless if the internet is tiered anyway.