[Info-vax] US Broadband

[David Froble]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> I was waiting for this one.  Guess what.  They just voted to regulate
> the Internet here under the misnomer "Net Neutrality".  That move has
> all but guaranteed that there will never be Internet where I now live.
> t totally removed any chance of doing at anything but a major financial
> loss.

I haven't read any details.  But from what I now understand, that was a 
good move.  Otherwise we'd get what Google and Verizon allowed us to 
get, and not much else.

The old idea of the internet was an "information superhighway" for 
everyone.  What it's turned into is a money making tool for big 
business, and they were heading toward taking over more and more of the 
possibilities on the internet.

Now, if you trust Verizon to do anything but screw you silly, you're 
going to end up very silly.

Verizon, who wants to dump their wired network.  So much for DSL.

Verizon, who wants to charge you several times as much for wireless 
broadband, and then limit you to 5 GB of data per month.  Oh, and the 
frequent outages, just when you want a connection, are so enjoyable.