2012

[Abdiel]

Hello,

I have been reading this forums for quite a while, although I made only a few posts. I am (now and then) multiboxing in the game Lineage II, using Keyclone on one or sometimes two machines. I'm afraid I have no extraordinary screenshots to show.

However, this is a matter that will soon concern all of us, and I want to spread the world around as much as possible. The only thing I ask is watch it (both links point to the same video) and do not remove this thread. The least thing we can do to stop ISPs from ruining the Internet as we know it is to get people to know about this.

http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A2XPiqhN_Ns

Thanks for your help.

[Anozireth]

While net neutrality is a valid issue, the language of that site is very "conspiracy theory"-esque and their claim of a pretty specific date has no backing besides their word. I do believe ISPs should not be able to inhibit traffic from content providers outside their network (in order to force consumers to use the ISP's content services). The US doesn't really have any laws regarding net neutrality. Some have been defeated in the past, and one is currently working its way through Congress. The FCC currently has four principles regarding the issue, and the first one states that consumers should have access to all legal content. The fourth also clearly relates to the issue of giving preference to certain content providers. These principles do not carry the full force of law, but the FCC has put them to use at times. Here they are for reference:
Consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice; Consumers are entitled to run applications and services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement; Consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network; and Consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers.
On the other hand, there are valid uses for some traffic control and special treatment of highly time sensitive traffic such as VoIP, gaming, etcetera might actually be a good thing for consumers. Other services which require 100% reliability such as remote surgeries could also benefit.

Both sides get very zealous about their position, but I think the answer lies somewhere in the middle.

[Qlimax]

My mind may have really misused or misconstrued this term, but maybe some day there will be some sort of open-source net using existing lines but bypassing isp protocols. now i have no clue how any of this works, but the idea is ther ;P

[Maz]

Thank God this was posted in Off-Topic.

[Kissell13]

Not gonna happen. They day they pull that crap is the day millions all over the world drop their isp. No subsribers=no $.