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Originally posted by Fremd
There isnt a giant modem underground that's controlling everybody's access that can be shut off at the user's will....
Originally posted by secretagent woooman
Tiered pricing makes sense, who people who use service heavily or consume extra bandwidth should pay more than light users.
As far as censorship goes, there are a lot of websites talking trash and spreading garbage that should be shut down. Face it, most websites do not serve any real purpose other than gossip value.
Originally posted by secretagent woooman
Sorry but a vast amount of websites serve no purposes other than gossip and self promotion, including a hell of a lot of news sites. The Internet was kept out of the general public's hands for many years exactly to prevent what it has become and technically, the government is well within rights to rescind it since its actual purpose was military/government interfacing. The people who argue against "censorship" usually are people hiding behind a computer intentionally writing false or exploitative garbage to stir crap up.
I question how much you know about the Internets structure. I worked in that industry and i can tell you right now, cutting it off in a country isn't that hard. Just take a look at China, only the most experienced of hackers can get around that system and in the end the Chinese government could just stop all incoming and outgoing transmissions that were hard wired.
Well that's a typical reporter thing to say isn't it, when someone disagrees you attack their motives and insinuate things.
Originally posted by secretagent woooman
Tiered pricing makes sense, who people who use service heavily or consume extra bandwidth should pay more than light users.
As far as censorship goes, there are a lot of websites talking trash and spreading garbage that should be shut down. Face it, most websites do not serve any real purpose other than gossip value.
Originally posted by Fremd
I question how much you think you know.
Cutting off internet to the united states isnt as simple as flipping a switch.
Originally posted by PrisonerOfSociety
Worse case scenario, we'll just end up using private VPN's, TOR's.
Originally posted by PrisonerOfSociety
Fibre optics is the next internet revolution; that coupled with the advent of quantum computing will ensure data integrity, but yes, i question if TPTB will put a kill switch in the supply line somewhere!
Originally posted by secretagent woooman
reply to post by ImaginaryReality1984
I am a reporter and know far more about the neccesity of "neutrality" than most readers on this site. I also have seen just how destructive libel and gossip on the web is and how it pervades reality to the point that people can't distinguish fact from fiction... My only surprise is that more people on here do NOT get harassed by the government for the nonsense they write.
Sorry but a vast amount of websites serve no purposes other than gossip and self promotion, including a hell of a lot of news sites. The Internet was kept out of the general public's hands for many years exactly to prevent what it has become and technically, the government is well within rights to rescind it... The people who argue against "censorship" usually are people hiding behind a computer intentionally writing false or exploitative garbage to stir crap up.