Re: [MLUG] Oh, look, Hulshof voted against net neutrality

["Chris Topinka" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality

Prevent ISPs from biasing network content and operation?  Really
extensive wiki on this. Wow.  Sounds like the author thinks it's a
buzz-word.

On 6/10/06, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
>> One of the right wing Christian mailing lists I subscribe to urged me
>> to fight against net neutrality.  They also told me to fight AOL's
>> decision to have people pay them a small fee if they wanted a
>> guarantee that the recipient would get the email without being flagged
>> as spam.
>
>
> Those seem to be contradictory aims.
>
> If I'm understanding HR 5252, net neutrality passed with almost every
> Republican voting in favor of it.  That probably doesn't affect AOL's
> policy, but I'm not sure.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with AOL.

I must admit that I don't know what net neutrality is really about.
What side am I supposed to be on.



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