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Net Neutrality Seen Through the Telegraph

Posted by samzenpus on from the doomed-to-repeat-it dept.

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. foisties! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yayayayayayayayayyaya, foisties poisties!

  2. Re:It doesn't matter who is violating your rights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If companies can read their employee's Facebook posts, they're hardly private ... besides, if someone is stupid enough to post something on Facebook that would get them fired if their employer saw it, they probably deserve to get fired!

  3. stolen signature by FranTaylor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Give me a break. You stole your signature from the MIT Dormline telephone system. I've gotten that message myself.

    Really you should attribute your sources. You are not half as clever as you are pretending to be.