"I am surprised that even among civil liberties groups, some claim the federal government increasing regulation of the Internet somehow increases our freedom and liberty." - Ron Paul
Internet, RIP? http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2015/february/26/internet-rip/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2015/february/26/internet-rip/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <richard@...> wrote : On the internet and on FFL, "...there is a cacophony of hateful speech, vice of every kind" and pirates calling in the police and Interpol - trying to keep a lid on the slander and the libel. But, some informants still post here and brag about their exploits, probably thinking they are "street smart" and won't get caught, even though they brag about being on Pirate Bay and BitTorrent. In a few more days there could be a hacker just waiting for every click of the Send button. The question is, do we want the federal government running the internet or private companies? We already know that the government is one of the biggest hackers of private information on the planet. Go figure. "The recent rash of major breaches of corporate networks, including the theft of personal information from the health insurer Anthem and the theft of as much as a billion dollars from over 100 banks are symptoms of a much larger trend of cybercrime and espionage." Cybergeddon: Why the Internet could be the next “failed state” http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/02/fear-in-the-digital-city-why-the-internet-has-never-been-more-dangerous/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/02/fear-in-the-digital-city-why-the-internet-has-never-been-more-dangerous/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : I guess the reason our resident "eye patch guy" uses TPB is because he has slow broadband. Don't think we've ever heard what speed our folks across the pond have. We know that FF has fast broadband. If you move to Sebastopol you can get gigbit broadband. ATT and Comcast go down my street but are scared of Astound coming down it and hound me all the time to so they can put me on some contract so I can't get Astound's no contract faster broadband. On 02/25/2015 11:45 AM, richard@... mailto:richard@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: The key words of this thread are, "The end of the internet as we know it." Obama's regs will make Internet slow as in Europe, warn FCC, FEC commissioners http://tinyurl.com/pset5rm http://tinyurl.com/pset5rm ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote : I think folks here have made it clear that we want the Internet left as is without any "fast lanes" but with some regulation to keep from getting robbed by the robber barons of telecom. But we do indeed want to see these FCC rules before they are passed. If this does not go down right, Anonymous will look like a bunch kids playing in the park compared to what techs will do in retaliation. On 02/25/2015 07:59 AM, richard@... mailto:richard@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: This is interesting: a proposed U.S. federal government takeover of the internet and not a single comment from any FFL pundit. Can anyone say "Obamanet"? Go figure. Hillary Calls for Regulating Internet: 'It's a Foot in the Door' http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hillary-calls-regulating-internet-its-foot-door_866080.html# http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hillary-calls-regulating-internet-its-foot-door_866080.html# ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <richard@...> mailto:richard@... wrote : "Utility regulation was designed to maintain the status quo, and it succeeds. This is why the railroads, Ma Bell and the local water monopoly were never known for innovation. The Internet was different because its technologies, business models and creativity were permissionless. This week Mr. Obama’s bureaucrats will give him the regulated Internet he demands. Unless Congress or the courts block Obamanet, it will be the end of the Internet as we know it." From Internet to Obamanet From Internet to Obamanet In The Wall Street Journal, Information Age columnist L. Gordon Crovitz writes that BlackBerry and AT&T are already making moves that could exploit new ‘uti... View on www.wsj.com Preview by Yahoo
