Comments on: The Digital Stream becomes a Trickle

By: Blowing in the wind

Blowing in the wind — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:00:18 +0000

[...] providers intent on charging American consumers out the wazoo for their services and the FCC (see The Digital Stream becomes a Trickle ). With Google and Skype on the other side (and Steve Jobs oddly enough fighting for deregulation) [...]

By: Wave of the Future

Wave of the Future — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:55:23 +0000

[...] that the man behind the apple, Stephen Jobs is the most likely to have things sussed. Still the FCC and broadband providers are still busy providing the fly for Mr. Jobs ointment. While the people who busy [...]

By: Wish you were here – Bring Ammo

Wish you were here – Bring Ammo — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:50:24 +0000

[...] more of a willingness to “clean house” as some of our guests have done (especially in face of Internet providers that seem to feel they have both us and the FCC over a barrel. Perhaps it is even that I too find [...]

By: Sr. Julie

Sr. Julie — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:43:28 +0000

Tommorow is “D” day, or perhaps more appropriately “I” day. Fran and I were discussing this issue this morning and wondering if it will every reach the point where people will simply disconnect the internet as so many have done to their “land lines” (telephone). Certainly increased fees will result in decreased use.

Thanks for the comment.

Julie

By: Jeremy (Jmo)

Jeremy (Jmo) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:14:41 +0000

This whole situation is just starting to make me sick. How is it that people cannot see how these big companies are just in what they do for the money, and NOT the good will of the consumers. We NEED regulations like Net Neutrality in order to not have the big corporations (like Comcast) tell us what sites we can visit and what games we can play. At this rate, metered bandwidth isn’t far off.