WG/Strategies/Ideas/Network Neutrality - Revision history

Terra at 06:16, 5 June 2014

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Terra at 06:15, 5 June 2014

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Terra at 06:14, 5 June 2014

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 Net Neutrality is the concept of keeping the internet "free and equal".  Internet access providers (common carriers) have moved to get the FCC to declare that the internet can have a "paid fast lane", allowing companies to dominate the internet, and slow your traffic from "alternative media".
 A great summary and call for trolling action on the FEC: [http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/fcc-comment-site-breaks-after-comedian-asks-trolls-to-fight-fast-lanes/]
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Terra at 06:08, 5 June 2014

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	Use the Discussion tab to discuss Network Neutrality. To find another topic, return to the main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.		Use the Discussion tab to discuss Network Neutrality. To find another topic, return to the main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.

			Net Neutrality is the concept of keeping the internet "free and equal". Internet access providers (common carriers) have moved to get the FCC to declare that the internet can have a "paid fast lane", allowing companies to dominate the internet, and slow your traffic from "alternative media".

			A great summary and call for trolling action on the FEC: [http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/fcc-comment-site-breaks-after-comedian-asks-trolls-to-fight-fast-lanes/]

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	See also, the [[Free_Network]] page.		See also, the [[Free_Network]] page.

OneKarma: moved Network Neutrality to WG/Strategies/Ideas/Network Neutrality

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Terra at 07:38, 1 November 2011

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	Use the Discussion tab to discuss Network Neutrality. To find another topic, return to the main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.		Use the Discussion tab to discuss Network Neutrality. To find another topic, return to the main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.

			See also, the [[Free_Network]] page.

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Terra at 05:41, 31 October 2011

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	Use the Discussion tab to discuss ~~participatory budgeting~~. To find another topic, return to the main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.		Use the Discussion tab to discuss Network Neutrality. To find another topic, return to the main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.

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Terra at 05:40, 31 October 2011

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	Use the Discussion tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, ~~Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals~~, ~~Positions~~]] page.		Use the Discussion tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.

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	Advocates of [http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1234951 network neutrality] fear that the Internet is quickly following the same fate as [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Media_Conglomeration&action=edit&redlink=1 television and radio.] According to the political activist organization Common Cause, network neutrality is:		Advocates of [http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1234951 network neutrality] fear that the Internet is quickly following the same fate as [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Media_Conglomeration&action=edit&redlink=1 television and radio.] According to the political activist organization Common Cause, network neutrality is:

Creightt at 18:47, 27 October 2011

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			Use the Discussion tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.
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	Advocates of [http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1234951 network neutrality] fear that the Internet is quickly following the same fate as [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Media_Conglomeration&action=edit&redlink=1 television and radio.] According to the political activist organization Common Cause, network neutrality is:		Advocates of [http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1234951 network neutrality] fear that the Internet is quickly following the same fate as [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Media_Conglomeration&action=edit&redlink=1 television and radio.] According to the political activist organization Common Cause, network neutrality is:

Creightt at 18:27, 27 October 2011

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	Advocates of [http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1234951 network neutrality] fear that the Internet is quickly following the same fate as ["http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Media_Conglomeration&action=edit&redlink=1" television and radio.] According to the political activist organization Common Cause, network neutrality is:		Advocates of [http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1234951 network neutrality] fear that the Internet is quickly following the same fate as [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Media_Conglomeration&action=edit&redlink=1 television and radio.] According to the political activist organization Common Cause, network neutrality is:
	<blockquote>“the principle that Internet users should be able to access any web content they choose and use any applications they choose, without restrictions or limitations imposed by their Internet service provider. For example, if you are shopping for a new appliance online you should be able to shop on any and all websites, not just the ones with whom your provider has a preferred business relationship. Or if you want to use your high-speed Internet connection to make phone calls, your provider should not be able to impede your ability to do so.”</blockquote><div>In essence, Network neutrality contends that the Internet should remain very much in its current form and fears that oligopolistic control wielded by Internet providers will eradicate its defining and revolutionary hallmark, openness. There are three major areas of concerned outlined by Common Cause.</div><blockquote>		<blockquote>“the principle that Internet users should be able to access any web content they choose and use any applications they choose, without restrictions or limitations imposed by their Internet service provider. For example, if you are shopping for a new appliance online you should be able to shop on any and all websites, not just the ones with whom your provider has a preferred business relationship. Or if you want to use your high-speed Internet connection to make phone calls, your provider should not be able to impede your ability to do so.”</blockquote><div>In essence, Network neutrality contends that the Internet should remain very much in its current form and fears that oligopolistic control wielded by Internet providers will eradicate its defining and revolutionary hallmark, openness. There are three major areas of concerned outlined by Common Cause.</div><blockquote>
	· Discriminating Against Competitors' Services: A provider could make sure that preferred content or applications load faster and more efficiently while competing services are slow or spotty. That would effectively create a tiered Internet - with a fast lane for those who will pay, and a slow lane for everyone else.		· Discriminating Against Competitors' Services: A provider could make sure that preferred content or applications load faster and more efficiently while competing services are slow or spotty. That would effectively create a tiered Internet - with a fast lane for those who will pay, and a slow lane for everyone else.