I was kind of wondering another thing about this proposal. I know it will make it so we cannot have "fast and slow lanes", but can we block a service completely? For example, the new sling TV?
Thank you, Brett A Mansfield > On Feb 11, 2015, at 9:46 AM, GW List <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: > > I've sent letters to my senator and representative. > > We'll see. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Brett A Mansfield > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 12:28 PM > 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 repealed or for just a day or two strike I think the government would get the 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
