Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Anybody know what this person is talking about?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Christian M. Cepel wrote:

> I got this post on another email list I hang out on today:
>
> I recently received an email from ebay. It was in reference to the new 
> legislation that would give to the phone companies the ability to charge 
> fees to the Internet and also change the free domain that now, 
> supposedly, exists on the internet, so to speak,. I am very angry that 
> the present American government wants to give more money to the rich 
> phone conglomerates. <snip rant>
>
> I asked for clarification, but I thought I'd ask here too.  Does anyone 
> know what this person is talking about?  I really doubt they have been 
> sent an email from eBay, and suspect that if there is some sort of 
> legislation, that they are completely misunderstanding it's 
> implications.  I've seen some very disturbing things make it through 
> congress recently on similar topics, but nothing like this.  This sounds 
> like the same old hoax garbage that's been floating around since the mid 
> 90s.  Wasn't there federal legislation up until 98 that prevented 
> anything of the sort that was then extended?


It's definitely about "internet neutrality".  I'm not sure where that 
stands right now.  There has been a lot of arguing about it in the past 
couple of months.  Most open-source types are in favor of 'net neutrality 
but it has been argued both ways.

Mike

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