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  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2015 @ 01:33pm

    Educating on how the Internet Works

    All you net neutrality people need a little education on how the Internet works.

    The Internet is not like the public highway system where anyone who wants to ride the Freeway or any public road can regardless of whether
    you drive a beater or a Lamborghini. The Internet is a patchwork of thousands of private networks. Some networks owned
    by the big players are called backbone networks and they handle a lot of the traffic but they only take you part of the way.

    Go to your command prompt or terminal and type in traceroute followed by a url. You will see how many networks it took to get to your
    destination. I did >traceroute youtube.com. I got 10 different networks that were traversed before it got to youtube.com

    When you make a request to a server the request and the result of that request can traverse many networks to get
    to the server that hosts the information. These networks have cooperative agreements with other networks to allow traffic
    to go through them in return they get reciprocated with their traffic. When one network gets overloaded they cut off through traffic and the
    packets get rerouted someplace else that can handle the traffic. Sometimes there is no other option so the network has to
    throttle some traffic to handle the load. This is going to jeopardize this cooperation since they will want to protect their own
    traffic. The Internet cannot work without Inter network cooperation. If all networks circle the wagons nothing will get in or out
    and we will be left with thousands of private networks that can only talk to itself.

    Why net neutrality will hurt and slow everyone down is because Networks will not be able to manage their networks based
    on the priority of the traffic so the result will be more traffic on their systems which means they will have to throttle
    Everyone to handle it. The result is it will take longer to receive packets and with streaming services such as Netflix it means you will see more of the dreaded buffering especially at night when most people want to watch Netflix.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 03:14pm

    Re: Hear that Sound?

    Internet users will rue this day. Net Neutrality was the Trojan Horse. The FCC now has full authority to regulate every aspect of the Internet. They can apply fees and taxes, They can require all website owners to register with the government. They could even apply a fairness doctrine on the Internet.

    It may not happen today or tomorrow but once a regulation system is in place it will grow.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:44pm

    Re: Re:

    Only a short time ago the thought of a government takeover of the Internet would have caused a massive movement against it from the Internet and tech communities. The Internet and tech communities that defeated SOPA, and PIPA have been lulled to sleep and in many cases welcome the takeover with thunderous applause.

    The FCC is doing this all in secret with no public input. Just like Obamacare, we won't know what is in it until they pass it and by then it will be far too late.

    Net Neutrality is the Trojan Horse the Obama Administration is using to take control of the Internet. The FCC is about to vote to make the Internet subject to Title II under the Telecommunications Act. An act that is 80 years old and is ill equipped to address issues of Today's Internet but gives the FCC far sweeping power to regulate without Congressional oversight or public accountability. What Title II does is allow Monopolies to exist but regulates them in return. Regulations that will bar any new comers from popping up and keep the existing players as the only players for decades to come. The FCC by law is an independent agency and does not have to answer to the Congress or the White House for their actions.

    Like the idea of Google Fiber? Say goodbye to it unless you are lucky enough to already have it. The Internet of tomorrow will require a lot more bandwidth than we have today but regulations will slow that process to a crawl and with it all the benefits we will now wait longer to receive. All so we can get our Netflix which we were never denied anyway.

    Wake up people. Tomorrow may be the last day the Internet exists as we have known it.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:39pm

    Re: Re: Secrecy is never good

    They voted for a secret document. We have no idea what they just voted for and Title II gives them broad ability to regulate and tax the Internet.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:32pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Day the Internet Died

    Obama now controls the Internet. Title II gives broad powers to regulate and tax.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:29pm

    Re: Re: Re: The Day the Internet Died

    Techdirt and the entire Internet community will rue this day.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:26pm

    Re: Don't cheer just yet

    The Internet community will rue this day.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:18pm

    Re: The Day the Internet Died

    The rise of the Obamanet.

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:31pm

    Secrecy is never good

    So TPP being negotiated in secret = bad.
    FCC negotiating and voting in secret = good?

  • On the post: The FCC's Historic Day: Voting Yes For Net Neutrality, Voting No On Protectionist State Telecom Law

    ken ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 01:17pm

    The Day the Internet Died

    A long, long time ago
    I can still remember how the Internet made me smile
    And we knew if we had a chance
    We could really make the net advance
    And maybe it would be free for awhile

    But February made me shiver
    With every story it delivered
    Bad news on my Facebook
    I couldn't take one more look

    I can't remember if I cried
    When I read how the FCC lied
    But something touched me deep inside
    The day the Internet died

    [Chorus]
    So bye-bye, This American pride
    Tried to get on Netflix but my connection was dry
    And the FCC were drinking whisky and rye
    Singin' "This'll be the day the net died”
    “This will be the day the net died.

  • On the post: FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Is Leading An Incoherent, Facts-Optional Last Minute War On Net Neutrality…For The American People

    ken ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2015 @ 06:05pm

    Re: Almost funny

    This is about net neutrality like the Affordable health- care act was about affordable health-care. This is the nationalization of the Internet and imposing government control.

  • On the post: FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Is Leading An Incoherent, Facts-Optional Last Minute War On Net Neutrality…For The American People

    ken ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2015 @ 06:02pm

    Re: Re: We are being hoodwinked

    Obama has been in the thick of this. The chairman is Obama's man. So we have 300 pages to tell ISPs they cannot throttle traffic and must treat all packets equally?

    Just like TPP this is being passed in secret with no public input. We will not know what is in this till it is already implemented.

  • On the post: FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Is Leading An Incoherent, Facts-Optional Last Minute War On Net Neutrality…For The American People

    ken ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2015 @ 10:12am

    We are being hoodwinked

    Oh please people please wake up. The FCC and Obama is doing this in secret. We have no idea what is in this. It is just like TPP. It is all being done out of our sight.

    As with Obamacare it is going to have to be passed before we know what is in it and probably will not know until we see the effects.

    What Obama means with Net Nuetrality in not what we think as Net Neutrality.

    We are all being howdwinked.

  • On the post: After Suing Fans Sharing Bootlegs, Prince Says No One Sues Fans, Bootlegs Are Great & People Should Share Music

    ken ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2014 @ 10:14am

    Re: Re:

    Maybe because the RIAA and MPAA is constantly at war with tech and wants to control it.

    Both the recording and movie industries combined amount to no more than 100 billion dollars while the tech industry is a multi-trillion dollar industry.

    The relatively small recording and movie industry wants control and veto power over the tech industry.

    That is why there is animosity.

  • On the post: Judge Says That Sherlock Holmes Is In The Public Domain

    ken ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2013 @ 11:02am

    Dead people need no incentives

    Dead people need no incentives to write books so copyrights beyond death is a disincentive for more works. It is really just a way for non creative to leach on to someone else's work and keep others from expanding it.

  • On the post: Judge Says That Sherlock Holmes Is In The Public Domain

    ken ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2013 @ 10:55am

    They may have to get jobs now.

    Maybe they will actually have to get jobs now rather than feeding off of someone else's work or maybe they could actually start earning the money for once by writing their own versions of Sherlock Holmes. Anything they write would be copyrighted but only the new stories themselves and not the characters.

  • On the post: You Don't Own What You 'Bought': Disney And Amazon Play The Role Of The Grinch In Taking Back Purchased Film

    ken ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2013 @ 08:32am

    This is double theft

    This is actually double theft. Something you bought is taken away from you. Unlike what they call theft where nothing is taken away from them.

    Not only is the customer out the money but also use of the product they bought.

  • On the post: Unfortunate: ACLU On The Wrong Side Of A Free Speech Case

    ken ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2013 @ 03:58pm

    This happens all the time in dictatorships

    This is like we see in dictatorships where authors and journalists are compelled to write nice things about the government.

  • On the post: You Don't Own What You 'Bought': Disney And Amazon Play The Role Of The Grinch In Taking Back Purchased Film

    ken ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2013 @ 08:28am

    Disney undermining digital distribution

    Is Disney purposefully trying to destroy digital distribution? This severely undermines digital distribution if people cannot be confident they will have access to the movies they buy.

    It looks like a class-action lawsuit is in order here.

  • On the post: Utah Sheriff Claims Copyright On Mugshot Photos To Avoid Releasing Them

    ken ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2013 @ 05:43pm

    Already a Utah Law that may have applied.

    What is perplexing is there is already a Utah State law passed this year that prohibits mug-shots from being used by outfits that post them for profit or charge to remove them.

    The Sheriff merely needed to cite this law but instead made this story much bigger than it would have been by citing copyright. Sheriff Winder meet Streisand.

    http://le.utah.gov/~2013/bills/hbillenr/HB0408.htm

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