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US ISPs' bluff

samedi 17 mai 2014 à 14:00

The major US ISPs threaten not to make any more investment if the FCC maintains network neutrality.

This article says they are bluffing.

If we give in to threats from businesses, they will push us around. We must treat them like any other bully and tell them that we will never give them what they want for threats. If they threaten us, we will make them regret it.

We could do as some other countries do, and separate the physical cables from ISP service. That way we could have a lot more competing ISPs that communicate over the same cables.

Millions killed in the Congo

samedi 17 mai 2014 à 14:00

Millions have been killed by fighting between factions in the Congo, and the US keeps stirring it up because of the minerals there.

Global inequality

samedi 17 mai 2014 à 14:00

Global Inequality and the Destruction of Democracy.

Taking wealth from others gives a higher rate of return than producing wealth. We have to change that.

A Nazi-free Europe

samedi 17 mai 2014 à 14:00

Never Forget: Grandson of Auschwitz Commandant Fights For A Nazi-Free Europe.

Obama against network neutrality

samedi 17 mai 2014 à 14:00

Net Neutrality-Defender, Barack Obama, Missing in Action.

Obama is no fool. Why did he appoint a telco man to head the FCC? He must have expected this to attack network neutrality. No wonder he fails to defend it now.

He's not just "missing in action", he has defected to the enemy.