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It would be sweet if businesses in the service industry (like lets say Manny's) had pics of the top X guys at the FCC in their kitchen. See one of them walk in - just delay their service ;)
Here is Tom Wheeler http://tinyurl.com/mlwnlgr
Can anyone shed some light on what the goal here is. I am all for messing with people for no good reason in subtle ways they do not understand but the author clearly has a purpose here? Is this to teach the FCC about net neutrality?
That's the general idea. Show them what life will be like if you're on the internet slow lane in the hopes they'll wake up and realize what it really means. Especially since the branding has become that they really want to create a "fast lane" which actually doesn't sound like such a bad idea until you realize the reality is the exact opposite.
How do we get from "the kind of deal Netflix struck with Comcast will continue to be legal in the future" to "Comcast will start serving web sites to customers paying $50/month at dial-up speeds"?
It's nonsense. Why have so many ostensibly smart people bought into it?
I'd be willing to bet Tom Wheeler and the "higher ups" of the FCC are not at the office a majority of the time. It would be sweet if businesses in the service industry (like lets say Manny's) had pics of the top X guys at the FCC in their kitchen. See one of them walk in - just delay their service ;) Here is Tom Wheeler http://tinyurl.com/mlwnlgr
Including .edu addresses would affect a population with plenty of time on their hands and who aren't afraid to let everyone know about their problems.
This doesn't seem like the best outlet to protest the FCC's stance on net neutrality. The people that are going to be affected most by this (if it does work) are going to be the rank and file at the FCC who have no decision making power and only hold a job there. The FCC has 2k employees and most of them don't even work in the relevant bureau that deals with net neutrality. When news outlets say the "FCC's plan for n…
The other way is that we treat the FCC as an entity. We make it tough for that entity to do everything in order to put pressure on the top. It's not like the employees have zero power there. And while it may indeed be near-zero power, I still feel that they have more power as an employee of the FCC than I do as a member of the faceless public. Maybe this will empower a scared employee to come forward and speak out. Or maybe you're right and they do have zero power there, but maybe they'll understand what's at stake and call their representative.
Also, it's not like we're throttling these employee's home connections. We're not slowing down their daughter's access to Wikipedia at home, we're slowing down their connection to Facebook while at work.
I'd like to see a law that government offices can only have an internet connection as fast as the slowest constituent.
Agreed and also this should be true for the pay of elected officials and corporate executives.
Sure why not, all they did is take money from willing people called customers. While we're at it let's add...
Basketball, baseball, football, hockey, and soccer players, golfers, Hollywood stars, and successful book authors like Steven King.
These people are so greedy because they make millions a year! All while their viewers/readers/hot dog venders/editors make so much less. It's not fair.
Seriously, I don't understand why people complain about executive pay when the folks I just listed make more for adding less value to the world.
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Agreed and also this should be true for the pay of elected officials and corporate executives.
Sure fire way to encourage politicans to take bribes as well as ensuring only the independently wealthy can be politicians,
Those are other, unrelated problems that need to be addressed in their own right, but cannot be used as justification for high pay scale of politicians.
I think the focus on the FCC is too narrow. In my opinion throttling all .gov addresses would be more effective. Including .edu addresses would affect a population with plenty of time on their hands and who aren't afraid to let everyone know about their problems.
This doesn't seem like the best outlet to protest the FCC's stance on net neutrality. The people that are going to be affected most by this (if it does work) are going to be the rank and file at the FCC who have no decision making power and only hold a job there. The FCC has 2k employees and most of them don't even work in the relevant bureau that deals with net neutrality. When news outlets say the "FCC's plan for n…
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They wouldn't, it looks like more pat-yourself-on-the-back then give-yourself-a-high-five internet slacktivism. Someone should make a petition!
Think bigger. What if Google implemented something like this to prove a point? This is a genius idea, it goes beyond your standard Internet activism which is usually words and no action.