Net Neutrality

[neilius73]

I post often, in fact more often on a certain music forum, with many members throughout the world, but mainly in the USA.
On saturday mornings, we sometimes gather in the chatroom on this site, to listen to a certain radio programme thats broadcast from the U.K (we're i am).
A few weeks ago, for some unknown and untold reason, the BBC and other broadcasting networks blocked internet broadcasts and streams to those outside of europe (we figured a way around this).
If the internet becomes a pay as you use service, then im afraid the days of me using the net will be over. I really hope this doesnt happen.
Another theory is that most if not all of the media in the USA (and UK) is controlled by the government and they don't like their citizens seeing the news from the perspective of the arab world.

Hopefully coporate business will keep its nose out of the internet.

 

[meebs]

We now only read what the richest people want us to read.

Ive read a prediction on an err... anarchist webiste - The form of internet is going to change. The media may own the net. They will control what we see, hera or read. They will make it harder for us to search what we want and direct us to what they want us to know

A free internet will be obsolete, driving people who want freedom of knowledge underground.

In a few cases net control would be good, but only in a very few - in most this could be bad for intellegent, thinking people.

EDIT: AOL is very much getting there fast. i cant stand it in some cases - ive been restricted on stuff already, hence i have firefox now! But main provider is AOL i have no choice at the mo.

 

[Nightson]

ive been restricted on stuff already

What's been restricted?

 

[meebs]

What's been restricted?

just little things

one was i was trying to get to discussion groups - nothing even remotly dodgy, but aol wouldnt allow it. they only wanted me to read Aol discussion groups. Also just a few pages here and there and nothing untoward..

 

[Nightson]

just little things

one was i was trying to get to discussion groups - nothing even remotly dodgy, but aol wouldnt allow it. they only wanted me to read Aol discussion groups. Also just a few pages here and there and nothing untoward..

Arrrgggg.

At least this has just passed in the House so far, hopefully the Senate will uphold Net neutrality.

 

[neilius73]

just little things

one was i was trying to get to discussion groups - nothing even remotly dodgy, but aol wouldnt allow it. they only wanted me to read Aol discussion groups. Also just a few pages here and there and nothing untoward..

If you do change your ISP, you will find it exremely hard to get rid of AOL, not just from your PC either.
I've heard all kinds of horror stories about this company.

 

[meebs]

If you do change your ISP, you will find it exremely hard to get rid of AOL, not just from your PC either.
I've heard all kinds of horror stories about this company.

its on my parents main computer not mine.

Though would this affect my computer as we are sorting out wireless network... i will leave home again at some point but i dont want AOL.

(AIM is another story though)

 

[Nightson]

(AIM is another story though)

You should get Trillian, it lets you manage AIM, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ accounts at the same time. You can even have multiple accounts from the same provider open easily. It's truly a wonderful thing. Get it now, before AOL decides it doesn't want you using it.

 

[meebs]

You should get Trillian, it lets you manage AIM, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ accounts at the same time. You can even have multiple accounts from the same provider open easily. It's truly a wonderful thing. Get it now, before AOL decides it doesn't want you using it.

thanks for letting me know about it. im thinking for when i have my own account (again not on AOL ), so it looks pretty cool!

not on this computer though