Save the internet! Verizon/google could end it!

[clawmaster]

hello everyone, I am here not only as a otaku nerd but also a person who been enlightened on a very serious topic. The internet is something we love and like to go on. Going on facebook to chat with our friends, playing video games online, watch anime, looking up great sites like this site and many others, and of course the many lawls we get from lol cats to the everything goes with guile theme song videos we laugh on youtube. Will I am here to tell you guys that our very internet is in danger of being taking away. I am sort of new to the issue at hand but I been trying to keep up with that is going on. in this video pretty much explains what is going on and how the internet works for all of us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE

What can you do about it? spread the word, talk to everyone, talk to your representatives, email congressmen, and the FCC. The internet is something that is free for everyone and that everyone should have. Without the internet free....how would we watch our anime?

more links to some articles you might want to read up on. its not too late to save the interent my fellow nerds! spread the word!

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/08/joint-policy-proposal-for-open-internet.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/35599242/Verizon-Google-Legislative-Framework-Proposal

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/10/08/06/about-verizongoogle-deal-net-neutrality

And of course join the effort at http://www.savetheinternet.com/

[clawmaster]

here are some updates

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/10/08/10/google-verizon-pact-it-gets-worse

http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/theloop/71739/Net-Neutrality-with-Verizon--Google.html

[BrightHeart76]

You realize that this myth has been around in one way or another since the internet was new, don't you?  It is exactly that...a myth. 

[clawmaster]

You realize that this myth has been around in one way or another since the internet was new, don't you?  It is exactly that...a myth. 

then why for the past couple of days its been talked about on the news <<, and why did google make it public about the deal they did with verizon, and how everyone is jumping on the bandwagon of saying no to them o_o.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/35599242/Verizon-Google-Legislative-Framework-Proposal

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/Google-Verizon-Net-Neutrality-Proposal-Is-Socially-Irresponsible-Analyst-414753/

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/10-media-takes-on-the-google-verizon-net-neutrality-proposal/comment-page-1/

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/google-verizon-propose-open-vs-paid-internets/all/1

http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2010/08/google-verizon-unveil-net-neutrality-lite-to-government.ars

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20013212-38.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

[Jerry]

technology is a funny thing clawmaster...

you do realize that technically the concept of the "internet" was going to be government controlled to begin with right ?

though the examples and explanations of "how the internet works" are jumping off points... its NOT the only way how the works/happens.

sure the example of a freeway of information gets crowded with too many users persay, its not gonna cause a global wide failure. There are way too many safeguards and things to protect against that.

like millions of other nerds who probably never leave their home, the internet will usually find a way to work.

besides, this verizon/google deal is about smart phones and wireless G4+ generation internets. and we already know how unreliable those kinda internets are. :P

no offense clawmaster, but i think your making a mountain out of a mole hill.

and if the global internet were to fail because of verizon/google, then yes all the crap would it the fan in ways I'd rather not want to think about.