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And a grandmother who makes

EmmaZahn — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:31:49 +0000

And a grandmother who makes this presumptuous statement?

" The older population may not understand any of this and are confused, but the younger generation knows this is a rip off and will end up going to bat on this."

It's not the first time you have referenced generational differences as a thought divide.

And the writing style changes from time to time.

??? I graduated from the

trkingmomoe — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:06:02 +0000

In reply to When are you going to set up

??? I graduated from the University of Akron and have a degree in Natural Science Technology. The 12 years I spent in the Army I was in Signal/Communications and made the rank of E-6. I was in charge of a team that set up transponders and telephone communications. I have been following the net neutrality story. I also follow climate change. I am sorry.

When are you going to set up

EmmaZahn — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:17:33 +0000

In reply to The FCC has to post it's new

When are you going to set up your own account and stop using momoe's?

The FCC has to post it's new

trkingmomoe — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:49:03 +0000

In reply to "On the bright side, if

The FCC has to post it's new rules so the public can express their feelings. So the new rules at the earliest won't be in effect until the end of this year. There is a growing push for these companies to be reclassified as Class II common carriers. Then they will not be able to throttle down the internet in favor of charging fees. This could turn ugly by what the comments and blogs that have been writing on this. The older population may not understand any of this and are confused, but the younger generation knows this is a rip off and will end up going to bat on this. Net neutrality is a big deal globally. Brazil announced this morning that they are going to lay their own cable to Europe and bypass the USA.

Excellent point.

Verified Atheist — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:06:09 +0000

In reply to "On the bright side, if

Excellent point.

"On the bright side, if

EmmaZahn — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:11:22 +0000

In reply to On the bright side, if you've

"On the bright side, if you've got high-speed internet, it seems that there's far less of a need for cable "

For now maybe but for how long? With streaming video becoming a bigger and bigger share of total internet traffic, the FCC's proposed new rules allowing ISPs to charge a premium for their fastest pipes and Netflix agreeing to pay that premium, how long before the streaming internet is reduced to a couple of big ISPs like Comcast.

On the bright side, if you've

Verified Atheist — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:00:56 +0000

In reply to Corporations Are Oligarchs, My Friend

On the bright side, if you've got high-speed internet, it seems that there's far less of a need for cable. I can (legally) watch any show I want^* to, typically a day after it's aired, and at that point, whenever I want to for the next several weeks (sometimes longer).

^*That doesn't mean all shows can be watched legally, just that I haven't found any that I want to watch that I can't watch legally on-line.