Comments on: Blawgosphere pay attention: AT & T might have lost its mind http://apublicdefender.com/2008/01/17/blawgosphere-pay-attention-at-t-might-have-lost-its-mind/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gideon http://apublicdefender.com/2008/01/17/blawgosphere-pay-attention-at-t-might-have-lost-its-mind/#comment-13839 Gideon Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:41:08 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/01/17/blawgosphere-pay-attention-at-t-might-have-lost-its-mind/#comment-13839 Really? I hadn't heard that before. That is truly disturbing. Really? I hadn’t heard that before. That is truly disturbing.

]]> By: Mark from Jersey http://apublicdefender.com/2008/01/17/blawgosphere-pay-attention-at-t-might-have-lost-its-mind/#comment-13816 Mark from Jersey Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:19:30 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2008/01/17/blawgosphere-pay-attention-at-t-might-have-lost-its-mind/#comment-13816 Too many people don't know what Net Neutrality is (or understand it's importance) In a nutshell, <b>without</b> Net Neutrality, small sites such at this one will be put on a <b>lower tier</b>, than large sites willing to pay, for example, I'll use Fox News and Disney. So when Fox News and Disney are getting a <b>lot of hits</b>, their traffic won't slow down, as it normally would, because they will be on a <b>higher tier</b>. Bandwidth will instead be <b>stripped away</b> from lower tier sites, like this one, making it run slow or even inaccessible, so Fox News and Disney can satisfy an influx of hits, as they pay to be on a higher tier. In the long run, <b>corporate owned, big media</b> (Fox News) will stifle <b> alternative sources of news</b> (Your local news blogs) by rendering them slow and inaccessible, thus creating a 1st amendment issue. That's how I see this issue, correct me if I'm wrong. Too many people don’t know what Net Neutrality is (or understand it’s importance)

In a nutshell, without Net Neutrality, small sites such at this one will be put on a lower tier, than large sites willing to pay, for example, I’ll use Fox News and Disney.

So when Fox News and Disney are getting a lot of hits, their traffic won’t slow down, as it normally would, because they will be on a higher tier.

Bandwidth will instead be stripped away from lower tier sites, like this one, making it run slow or even inaccessible, so Fox News and Disney can satisfy an influx of hits, as they pay to be on a higher tier.

In the long run, corporate owned, big media (Fox News) will stifle alternative sources of news (Your local news blogs) by rendering them slow and inaccessible, thus creating a 1st amendment issue.

That’s how I see this issue, correct me if I’m wrong.

]]>