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New Network Neutrality Squad — Users Protecting the Net

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the better-than-bad-it's-good dept.

Lauren Weinstein writes in to announce the new "Network Neutrality Squad" — NNSquad. Joining PFIR Co-Founders Peter G. Neumann and Weinstein in this announcement are Vinton G. Cerf, Keith Dawson (Slashdot.org), David J. Farber (Carnegie Mellon University), Bob Frankston, Phil Karn (Qualcomm), David P. Reed, Paul Saffo, and Bruce Schneier (BT Counterpane). The Network Neutrality Squad ("NNSquad") is an open-membership, open-source effort, enlisting the Internet's users to help keep the Internet's operations fair and unhindered from unreasonable restrictions. The project's focus includes detection, analysis, and incident reporting of any anticompetitive, discriminatory, or other restrictive actions on the part of Internet service Providers (ISPs) or affiliated entities, such as the blocking or disruptive manipulation of applications, protocols, transmissions, or bandwidth; or other similar behaviors not specifically requested by their customers.

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  1. Before someone mentions it... by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kdawson just earned karma to post at least 500 crappy stories, at least from my perspective.

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  2. Go forth my minions! by kitsunewarlock · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Internet's operations fair and unhindered from unreasonable restrictions."
    Their first task: figuring out why I can rarely get over "1" on my posts whereas some people who copy and paste wikipedia articles build up enough karma to get troll-like replies at a 2 minimum.

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  3. Boradband and its meaning by DarkOx · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Can we please, this is slashdot after all understand the meaning of broadband! Broadband is not in anyway related to the number of bits you can move in a given time. Its the opposite of baseband. Broadband uses a range of frequencies in the spectrum to transmit data, while base band uses an emf pulse. Think of how a telephone cooperates as a compared to a telegraph.

    Ethernet on copper wire is baseband for example, where as your cable modem is broadband because its actually modulating a carrier frequency. If you mean how the communications device works say broadband if you want to talk about the amount of data that it can transmit, lets call it highspeed, lowspeed, or just talk in mbits/sec shall we?

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  4. Off Topic but what is with FairTax.org ? by justthinkit · · Score: 0, Offtopic
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    From FairTax.org:

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    The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.
    The 16th Amendment was never ratified, not enough states voted in favor. America: Freedom To Fascism covered this, and more.
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  5. bitc%4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NIGGER ASSOCIATION contaminated while