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Posted: 3/3/2015 10:37:11 AM EDT
It can't be good but how bad can it be?  It's clearly another tax that's not called a tax.  I'm aware of some of the implications but I'm left wondering how bad it will be once their foot is in the door and time goes on.  How will it affect Americans down the road?
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:40:46 AM EDT
[#1]
Dem nominee ads mid porn
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:42:06 AM EDT
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I get to save $24/year
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:42:08 AM EDT
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We'll be like Iran or Afghanistan which is exactly what Obama wants.

Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:43:00 AM EDT
[#4]
Higher prices for consumer.
Less choice for consumer.
Less innovation by private sector.
Exemptions for political support.
Government kill switch when you will actually need information.
Regulation of free speech via electronic communication.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:44:47 AM EDT
[#5]
My end result will be that I'll cut the shit off and actually go outside.
I'm already paying $47 a month for ATT's shitty service.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:44:53 AM EDT
[#6]
And it will take a few years for the clamp-downs come.

one inch at a time.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:47:45 AM EDT
[#7]
Imagine the lobby music from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Continuously.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:54:12 AM EDT
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Higher prices for consumer.
Less choice for consumer.
Less innovation by private sector.
Exemptions for political support.
Government kill switch when you will actually need information.
Regulation of free speech via electronic communication.
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license to run a server
pay by metering
use tax
restrictions, lots of them
internet ID to use the internet
laws about online ID
new crimes dealing with internet usage
free internet for FSA that we pay for


just like the other class 2 utilities, like phones and electricity.

Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:55:26 AM EDT
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14.4k dialup modems for everyone, just to be fair.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:57:44 AM EDT
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Look at how the FCC regulates radio and television today.

Here's an example of how the FCC regulates television.

Janet Jackson Halftime Show "Nipplegate"

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined CBS a record US$550,000 which was fought in the Supreme Court,[4] but that fine was appealed and ultimately voided by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2011 ruling, and a case to reinstate the fine was refused in 2012.
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The increased regulation of broadcasting raised concerns regarding censorship and free speech in the United States,[12] and the FCC increased the fine per indecency violation from US$27,500 to US$325,000 shortly after the event.
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Link Posted: 3/3/2015 10:59:09 AM EDT
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Remember the AOL days, that's what it will be like
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:00:31 AM EDT
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license to run a server
pay by metering
use tax
restrictions, lots of them
internet ID to use the internet
laws about online ID
new crimes dealing with internet usage
free internet for FSA that we pay for


just like the other class 2 utilities, like phones and electricity.

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Higher prices for consumer.
Less choice for consumer.
Less innovation by private sector.
Exemptions for political support.
Government kill switch when you will actually need information.
Regulation of free speech via electronic communication.


license to run a server
pay by metering
use tax
restrictions, lots of them
internet ID to use the internet
laws about online ID
new crimes dealing with internet usage
free internet for FSA that we pay for


just like the other class 2 utilities, like phones and electricity.



I'm afraid you're right, even if it takes decades to get these regulations in place.  We will look back on how things are today and recall the "wild west days" of the internet.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:01:35 AM EDT
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Router hops will go gateway, border router, NSA , FBI, ATF, DHS, then next router.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:02:06 AM EDT
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People air footballs and bike tires back up and go outside again like before the internet. Guys hang out and bs in the garage.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:07:47 AM EDT
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Regulate "hate speech" first
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:09:52 AM EDT
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Which will basically be any firearms site,
conservative news etc...after all, it's for the...
....Children!
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:17:27 AM EDT
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Are there any countries that still have unregulated internet?

 
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:19:09 AM EDT
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Internet commerce and content providers beholden to the whims of the Fed, at a minimum. The camel's nose is in the tent.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:19:11 AM EDT
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In about 10 years like this:

China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts

BEIJING (Reuters) - Some of China's largest Internet companies deleted more than 60,000 online accounts because their names did not conform to regulations due to take effect on Sunday, the top Internet regulator said.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd, Baidu Inc, Sina Corp affiliate Weibo Corp and other companies deleted the accounts in a cull aimed at "rectifying" online names, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said.

The reasons for their removal included accusations of being misleading, rumor mongering, links to terrorism, or involving violence, pornography and other violations, the CAC said in a statement on its website late on Thursday.

The purge is notable as a step toward China's government locking down control over people's internet account names, an effort which censors have struggled with in the past, despite numerous efforts to introduce controls.

These failed attempts have included trying to force users to register for online services using their real names.

The new regulations, which take on effect March 1 and will also target real-name registration, were issued by the CAC, which was formed last year and given power over all online content, something previously divided between various state ministries.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/china-censorship-sweep-deletes-more-60-000-internet-113610173.html
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:19:44 AM EDT
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The biggest result will be a new "underground economy" that makes the illegal drug trade look like a church bake sale.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:21:07 AM EDT
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Like the US gov doesn't already "regulate" the internet...
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:21:14 AM EDT
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license to run a server
pay by metering
use tax
restrictions, lots of them
internet ID to use the internet
laws about online ID
new crimes dealing with internet usage
free internet for FSA that we pay for


just like the other class 2 utilities, like phones and electricity.

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Higher prices for consumer.
Less choice for consumer.
Less innovation by private sector.
Exemptions for political support.
Government kill switch when you will actually need information.
Regulation of free speech via electronic communication.


license to run a server
pay by metering
use tax
restrictions, lots of them
internet ID to use the internet
laws about online ID
new crimes dealing with internet usage
free internet for FSA that we pay for


just like the other class 2 utilities, like phones and electricity.



these posts nail it




FBHO
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:22:12 AM EDT
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So we needed more?
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:25:08 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:26:19 AM EDT
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Up here in space
I'm looking down on you
My lasers trace
Everything you do

You think you've private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
I'm watching all the time

I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean

I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye

Always in focus
You cant feel my stare
I zoom into you
You don't know I'm there

I take a pride in probing all your secret moves
My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove

I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean

I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye

Electric eye, in the sky
Feel my stare, always there
There's nothing you can do about it
Develop and expose
I feed upon your every thought
And so my power grows

I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean

I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye

Protected. detective. electric eye
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:26:53 AM EDT
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State sanctioned media. No dissention allowed. Pravda.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:28:23 AM EDT
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It can't be good but how bad can it be?  It's clearly another tax that's not called a tax.  I'm aware of some of the implications but I'm left wondering how bad it will be once their foot is in the door and time goes on.  How will it affect Americans down the road?
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Since when does good things happen from government regulations?  It's rare.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:28:42 AM EDT
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So we needed more?
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Like the US gov doesn't already "regulate" the internet...


So we needed more?


So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:30:21 AM EDT
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So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?
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Have they ever done that? No? So why did the government need to step in?
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:31:35 AM EDT
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Already have this.

       
 
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free internet for FSA that we pay for


 


you aint seen nothin yet.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:31:35 AM EDT
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So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?
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Like the US gov doesn't already "regulate" the internet...


So we needed more?


So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?


Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:31:47 AM EDT
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So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?
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Like the US gov doesn't already "regulate" the internet...


So we needed more?


So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?


funny, everyone keeps calling them a monopoly, yet even in my podunk NM town there are 5 ISP's.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:33:53 AM EDT
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Free WiFi inside FEMA coffins.  
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:38:13 AM EDT
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Without a properly functioning internet, our society will collapse in short order.    That's what will happen if they fuck this up.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:39:42 AM EDT
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It will slowly go down hill over time, while getting more expensive and at some point you will be so disgusted that there is no alternative that you will probably just walk away from it and join an Amish community.

Link Posted: 3/3/2015 11:49:48 AM EDT
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It can't be good but how bad can it be?  It's clearly another tax that's not called a tax.  I'm aware of some of the implications but I'm left wondering how bad it will be once their foot is in the door and time goes on.  How will it affect Americans down the road?
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Read "1984"
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:00:23 PM EDT
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Obama is a piece of shit and I hope he chokes to death on a bag of dicks.  I am now going to send an encrypted email to a friend, using a secure email service based in Switzerland.  My blog site only talks about different ways the government is disrupting individual rights and I don't ever have to talk about the good these same actions/agencies/policies do.  I sometimes post technical tips on how to stymie or bypass those disruptions.  I am working on interviewing a man whose company is proposing a hardware-based "personal internet among friends" that will cut the government entirely out of our data sharing.

Today, none of the above would be removed by a censor, get me fined, or warrant (pardon the pun) a visit from police.  In five or ten years...?
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:03:45 PM EDT
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I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean

I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye

Protected. detective. electric eye
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.... funny how I never really thought about the lyrics. Not a fan of that song, but the rainbow metal master has it right on the money.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:12:52 PM EDT
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Have they ever done that? No? So why did the government need to step in?
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So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?


Have they ever done that? No? So why did the government need to step in?


Some things ISP's have already done:

- Crippled Netflix and other streaming services to pimp their own streaming services
- DNS hijacking to steer traffic to advertisers
- Replacing web page ads with their own

Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't.  We're talking about multi-billion dollar media conglomerates with a captive audience of millions.  You can stretch your lobbying dollars quite a bit by censoring bad news about your preferred candidates.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:13:01 PM EDT
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Obama is a piece of shit and I hope he chokes to death on a bag of dicks.  I am now going to send an encrypted email to a friend, using a secure email service based in Switzerland.  My blog site only talks about different ways the government is disrupting individual rights and I don't ever have to talk about the good these same actions/agencies/policies do.  I sometimes post technical tips on how to stymie or bypass those disruptions.  I am working on interviewing a man whose company is proposing a hardware-based "personal internet among friends" that will cut the government entirely out of our data sharing.

Today, none of the above would be removed by a censor, get me fined, or warrant (pardon the pun) a visit from police.  In five or ten years...?
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This whole thing has made me take a hard look into HAM (specifically packet radio).
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:14:52 PM EDT
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For the most potentially accurate/extreme answeres, ask any of the conspiracy theorists. I had a guy tell me almost 7 years ago this would happen. He said it ultimately leads to gov control over what you can see/learn on the Internet. Easier to control the masses when they don't know anything.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:15:33 PM EDT
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Higher prices for consumer.
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Nails it
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:19:47 PM EDT
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So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?
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So we needed more?


So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?

Are you paid to shill, or do you volunteer your services? It makes a difference.

You are culpable in the coming full state control of the internet.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:23:41 PM EDT
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Some things ISP's have already done:

- Crippled Netflix and other streaming services to pimp their own streaming services
- DNS hijacking to steer traffic to advertisers
- Replacing web page ads with their own

Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't.  We're talking about multi-billion dollar media conglomerates with a captive audience of millions.  You can stretch your lobbying dollars quite a bit by censoring bad news about your preferred candidates.
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So you're OK with cable monopoly Comcast (parent of MSNBC) censoring/slowing/blocking conservative websites?  Free market, right?


Have they ever done that? No? So why did the government need to step in?


Some things ISP's have already done:

- Crippled Netflix and other streaming services to pimp their own streaming services
- DNS hijacking to steer traffic to advertisers
- Replacing web page ads with their own

Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't.  We're talking about multi-billion dollar media conglomerates with a captive audience of millions.  You can stretch your lobbying dollars quite a bit by censoring bad news about your preferred candidates.

And guess what? I can change ISPs. Such actions create a market for providers who do not engage in such activities.

You're inviting a grizzly bear into your house in hopes it will eat the mouse that is running around.


I blame you, completely and totally, for the cyber book-burning that is coming. It is your damned fault.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:24:31 PM EDT
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Dem nominee ads mid porn
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Meh, I am usually done before mid porn.



 
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:26:07 PM EDT
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And guess what? I can change ISPs. Such actions create a market for providers who do not engage in such activities.

You're inviting a grizzly bear into your house in hopes it will eat the mouse that is running around.


I blame you, completely and totally, for the cyber book-burning that is coming. It is your damned fault.
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This X 87 zillion.

Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:33:57 PM EDT
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Anyone else remember how "healthcare reform" was needed so "the government can put insurance companies in their place"?

Then we get Obamacare, which benefitted both the government and the insurance companies, at our expense?

Yeah, that is exactly what is happening with the internet right now.
Link Posted: 3/3/2015 12:35:45 PM EDT
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All the Dems laughing at "Big Cable" are going to be shitting bricks when the gay porn censorship begins.  Have fun, suckas!
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No bacon or Porky Pig pics?
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