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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Internet will now be controlled by private companies

... who decide what you get to see, how you get to see it, and how quickly. Especially for wireless.

And they say it is because of limited broadband/access issues.

A nice analogy would be if the electric companies controlled when and where you could plug in your toaster and then controlled what you put into it, or your TV and what kind of shows you would have access to.

Seems like few in Congress are concerned; this should not be surprising because of the close connections between lawmakers and the corporations that pay for their campaigns.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/obama-fcc-caves-on-net-ne_b_799435.html

1 comment:

  1. Here is more on the issues at stake ... good read.

    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374593,00.asp

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