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Shunting the FCC To the Slow Lane
An anonymous reader writes "Following the FCC's proposal a couple weeks ago to allow an internet fast lane, a group of activists has come up with a fun counterproposal: force the FCC itself into the slow lane and see how they like it. They write, 'Since the FCC seems to have no problem with this idea, I've (through correspondence) gotten access to the FCC's internal IP block, and throttled all connections from the FCC to 28.8kbps modem speeds on the Neocities.org front site, and I'm not removing it until the FCC pays us for the bandwidth they've been wasting instead of doing their jobs protecting us from the "keep America's internet slow and expensive forever" lobby.' The group has published the code snippet that throttles FCC IP addresses, and they encourage other web admins to implement it."
Do this for all goverment ip adresses
Who the heck is that?
IOW: Some group nobody has heard of, throttled the FCCs connection speed to a site they'll never visit.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
Slashdot needs to do the same!
Now if google, netflix, and a few other big players would also implement this, I think we'd see some real entertainment.
I expect that The Government will brand such actions as "domestic Internet terrorism". Off to Gitmo!
They really need to implement the banner injection mentioned. Make it CRYSTAL clear to these dipshits why their connection is slow.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The one that challenges the Republican views that:money is speech, and since the rich have more money they should get to decide what speech I should listen to.
As opposed to the Dems who decide that since they have money, the white house, and media they get to decide what speech I should listen to?
I don't think the goal is to only throttle the one site, but to start a movement where websites all over the internet, including ones that those on the FCC do frequent, all do this.. so that they feel the effect.
The one that challenges the Republican views that:money is speech, and since the rich have more money they should get to decide what speech I should listen to.
You think the view is exclusive to Republicans? Then you either don't pay enough attention, or you need your head examined.
Remember during the sequester, the Democrat President shut down public access to the White House, but sold access to "donors" at half-a-million a pop.
Not to mention, >8 of the 10 richest Congressional districts are represented by Democrats, not to mention the fact that7 of the 10 richest Congresscritters are also Democrats.
With apologies to Charles Baudelaire - "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that Republicans are the party of the rich."
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
You do realize that the FCC has thousands of employees. And that you just called them all dipshits, over the rules created by the FCC leadership, which was appointed and installed by various politicians...
That makes you a asshole. How about you tone down on the generalizations. I'm all for throttling the FCC, but direct the anger where it is due
I came, I conquered, I coredumped
ha! Where do YOU work? Don't be so quick to throw that stone..... It's a rare company these days that can be called anything but parasitic.
Look, this is /. I know a few of you work at ISPs that work on Tier1/2 networks. I say take this to the hole.
put these rules where they belong, on routers in the center of the internet. make some for Time Warner too, because its their idiot lacky who made them(tom wheeler).
At least a few of you have to work for the internet in some capacity.
This should be done to the entire US goverment, not just the FCC or congress.
The whole Red vs Blue thing is missing the boat completely. You can bitch about Republicans all you want, but the problem is the Rich vs. Poor and both deomocons and republicrats are pandering to the wealthy. The only real difference I see is that Republicans are a touch racist on top of everything else. Doesn't matter what side of the ticket you punch in November, we are living in a plutocracy.
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
In this current economy with crap for job prospects, as long as they aren't breaking the law, the clear and real threat of starvation and homelessness is a pretty damn effective 'gun' to your head.
Dear God in Heaven, my kingdom for mod points. In a world with so many conflicting moral paradigms, any person on the planet has probably done evil in the sight of some other person on the planet. I'll re-state GPs logic with a few changes. "It is appropriate to criticize the lowest citizen of any country that does evil. What would the Presidents/Prime Minister's/Dictators/Generals/ do if they had nobody to boss? They'd shrivel up and die. Every person who lives in [America / The British Empire / The Roman Empire / The Soviet Union / Iran / Saudia Arabia] is culpable -- same rules apply to any organized evil."
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not entirely sure about the universe - Einstein
Can't honestly say I disagree with anything you've said here. Any apparent bias between the different 'news' agencies seems to be purely for show, and achieves nothing but furthering divisions among us.
Just like Lincoln warned us about.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
The one that challenges the Republican views that:money is speech, and since the rich have more money they should get to decide what speech I should listen to.
You think the view is exclusive to Republicans? Then you either don't pay enough attention, or you need your head examined.
Remember during the sequester, the Democrat President shut down public access to the White House, but sold access to "donors" at half-a-million a pop.
Not to mention, >8 of the 10 richest Congressional districts are represented by Democrats, not to mention the fact that7 of the 10 richest Congresscritters are also Democrats.
With apologies to Charles Baudelaire - "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that Republicans are the party of the rich."
What does it matter? Both parties serve the corporations.
Be seeing you...
I love it. :D
If ever there was a case of "+1 agree" modding, here it is.
There is absolutely nothing funny about "I love it." unless you're watching Naked Gun... which this is not. Don't mod the story.
That would be me.
I've been swimming in raw sewage.
I love it.
The one that challenges the Republican views that:money is speech, and since the rich have more money they should get to decide what speech I should listen to.
Republican view? I'm confused.
Obama, a Democrat, said, “I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists in Washington that their days of setting the agenda are over”.
Obama, a Democrat, appointed Tom Wheeler, former cable & wireless lobbyist, to chair the FCC.
A democrat controlled Senate confirmed Tom Wheeler as the FCC chairman.
Tom Wheeler proposes the fast lane.
If you're going to spew partisan demagoguery, at least post it on a story it applies to.