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Net Neutrality Seen Through the Telegraph

James McP writes "Ars Technica has a write-up on the unregulated telegraph of the 19th century, which gives a view into what could happen to an internet lacking any regulation mandating neutrality. The owners of the 'Victorian internet' used their control of the telegraph to prop up monopolies, manipulate elections, facilitate insider trading, and censor criticism."

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  1. Re:It doesn't matter who is violating your rights by Jesus_666 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The siblings are right. Anything involving lots of connections will cause a cheap router to hand or reboot. o yourself the favor and get one intended for many connections. IIRC, the WRT45GL series ought to be able to handle the load but you should read up on it.

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