Steve's talk about this yesterday lead me to believe this is something we
can live with.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brett A Mansfield
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 11:28 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality"
I just ready yet another article on the so called "net neutrality" the FCC
will be voting on Feb 26th. This government overreach is going to force me
to have to register to collect taxes on all of my customers, which I'll need
to pay someone to do for me to make sure I stay in compliance, which will
require that I raise prices to cover my increased costs.
It will also prevent me from being able to run any kind of QoS on my
network, so goodbye to any decent VoIP calls.
I for one would like to keep the government out of my business beyond what
they already are. The article I read stated that it will likely pass. If it
does, I think something very "extreme" may need to be done. If in protest
every ISP in the USA shut down their networks either until the law was
repealed or for just a day or two strike I think the government would get
the picture, and if they didn't then the millions of people complaining to
them about it would certainly help.
I know that is very extreme, but just a thought. Anyone else have any ideas?
Perhaps if we just threaten to do so may help? I'm just spitballing here,
so please don't think I'm being to crazy. I just want the discussion to
begin of what we could really do to stop this.
Thank you,
Brett A Mansfield
