"THIS is the news article regarding FCC & Verizon." The last sentence in the first paragraph just reaffirms what I just said: "But Verizon will likely keep its prices in line with competitors in an effort to remain competitive." Michael J

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With all due respect I don't think the author is sensationalizing the issue. I've been following the matter of Net Neutrality for months. Take a look at this table. This is about Silicon Money where technology companies are spending their political dollars to buy the Comgress for their own profitability. Oh well maybe I'm hypeing it up :-) i_XpUser

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OK let's put this to rest for now. We can revisit this thread in 6 months and see where we are. i_XpUser

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1. Bandwidth is how the internet works. ISP's must pay a $$ amount for the Bandwidth they provide. That cost must be passed on to those that use/want the most bandwidth. 2. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124558,00.asp What is this lady talking about! I go to sites all the time that seem to run slower some days. Its not because the sites are being resticted by the ISP. Its because 20,000 other people happen to accessing that same site at the same time. Is the ISP suppose to run a DS3 to every company that wants bandwidth? At a cost of $5000-15000/month + local loop + set up costs. 3. This bill did not seem to make much sence at all to me. If you read http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EPO0543.pdf . Providers would have to submit a reason why they blocked doamins for spam issues and such within 3 days of a complaint? This does not have any thing to do with bandwidth. Sure lets open the flood gates for spam, and create a FCC nightmare for complaints.

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Hi, I thought this was an XP forum, as you who are having the argument normally soon tell a poster who inadvertantly makes a mistake. Bob

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XP Forum attract all kind of posts - virus, hardware, network, off-the-wall topics, you name it. Maybe the moderator ought to enforce rules and delete every posts not related to Windows XP Operating system. i_XpUser

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Hi XpUser, I was not getting at you, I was just making a point. It does not bother me what they post about in this forum, network / software virus / hardware, at least you know they are using XP so it makes it easier to answer their problems knowing they are using xp O/S Bob

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I can only say this... Anything that the FCC and government officials debate or argue over we lose. Bell telephone was torn apart because of their monopoly and to control costs to consumers back when telephone service was really cheap. So when SBC bought Comcast your right back where it started but,your wallet is a lot lighter. All the governments need to stay out of private industry and learn how to operate the government.

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Hi XpUser, I must say that you have really stirred the hornets nest on this one my friend. LOL As a conspiracy theorist, my thoughts run similar to yours in that this is really kind of scary when looked at on a single basis and then crossing to a joint happening. But as I see it, I think that the problem already is in practice but thought of as a proprietary protection policy. The Bill was just a foundation to try to clarify this self protection policy. Free interprise will always dictate as to what will or will not be tolerated. A perfect example of this is windows and how the world went nuts over being forced to use IE as it's only browser.... and then with the operating systems themselves and what all has been developed in the name of "open source". The same thing will happen here...the world will balk on anyone that tries to push the limits too far.... Sony with the rootkit trying to protect its own interest opened the door on the proprietary rights issues and now every time a major player tries to out do itself there is a public out cry. AOL was pushing their controls on everyone..had to use their media player and Mac with quicktime....these companies lost money big time over these issues and had to back up and run different approaches. Yahoo hurt AOL with their search and tool bars then yahoo bought out gator's parent company and pushed big time as malware/spyware blockers but in fact was termed as being in partnership with the companies and they had to clean-up their acts. The saga will contine. With the coming of internet 2 and the relative speeds that are opening the web as we speak...(I am almost 3 times as fast as I was a year ago with no pay increases at all).. and with more and more people signing up everyday, along with the international boundaries and rulings that will be set from each country....I really don't see this issue being a problem. What I see here is similar to cell phone providers and what they offered customers to intice them over...and that is what congress sees also... It really just has to be getting bigger/faster/better. We may get short sighted from time to time, but there will always be someone like you or me or others that are going to blow the whistle and make someone else take a different look at the same problems. We may not always see eye to eye but just the fact that it is being debated is enough to make a difference. I thank you for that opportunity! In The Matters Of Style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, Stand Like A Rock

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