'Super Telco', Net Neutrality Debated in Europe 49
My Nipples Explode With Delight writes to mention a ZDNet article looking at a proposal for a 'super-telco' regulation board for the EU. The idea was ripped apart, at an event where Net Neutrality in Europe and roaming charges were also discussed. From the article: "'The Commissioner thinks Net neutrality needs to be addressed,' said Blowers, who claimed a lack of relevant regulation in America had led to the issue being so explosive there. 'It is probably not sufficient to just talk about competition powers to deal with Net neutrality,' he continued, before suggesting that, if tiered services were introduced in the UK and Europe, 'there should be sufficient transparency in the market that consumers can make informed choices'."
Have a nice weekend. (Score:5, Funny)
My Nipples Explode With Delight writes [...]
Now that's something you don't see in Forbes.
agreed (Score:3, Funny)
-Rick
Re:Have a nice weekend. (Score:5, Informative)
For anyone who doesn't get the reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Gn6a3WbYw [youtube.com]
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Don't know if it's just me, but youtube is suffering badly trying to deliver that video right now (4:53 Mountain time US)
I've never seen it like this.
SB
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Reminds me of an X-Files episode, "F. Emasculata", but it wasn't nipples that were exploding open.
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eww (Score:5, Funny)
And so, in the October of 2006 the great slashdot war of dirtiest-handle-on-the-frontpage was begun.
-Grey [wellingtongrey.net]
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And the worst thing of the dirtiest-handle-on-the-frontpage war is that it was started by a male.
Re:eww (Score:5, Funny)
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We get sign- oh, screw it.
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> And so, in the October of 2006 the great slashdot war of dirtiest-handle-on-the-frontpage was begun.
"And so, it begins..."
"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the nipples to vote."
"Slashdot.org was our last, best hope for geeks. It failed. But, in the Year of the Handle War, it became something greater: our last, best hope... for my nipples. The year is 2006. The place: Nippylon 5." - Commander Susan Ivanova, whose nipples, I might add, are a lot better-looking than Commander Taco, who did this voice track last year. Ivanova is always right. Ivanova is God. And every time this post gets modded up, her nipples will explode with delight.
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In the US nipples are considered a dangerous for the children.
Hey... I totally understand (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Hey... I totally understand (Score:4, Funny)
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Link's iffy (Score:2, Informative)
It isn't any more interesting if you actually read it in order though
What a terrible article (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:What a terrible article (Score:5, Funny)
mod me down (Score:4, Funny)
Hell with the article (Score:5, Funny)
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Tubes? (Score:4, Funny)
That's the key to Network Neutrality. The Internet's Tubes have to be see-through so they know what service they are getting.
Net Neutrality anybody ? (Score:1)
Market Transparency (Score:5, Interesting)
*I've said it before and I'll say it again, can we please come up with a better sobriquet than "Net Neutrality"?! How the hell am I supposed to get my family and friends interested in "neutrality"?
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"*I've said it before and I'll say it again, can we please come up with a better sobriquet than "Net Neutrality"?! How the hell am I supposed to get my family and friends interested in "neutrality"?"
Hopefully by appealing to reasoning and your conversational skills. We don't want any more PATRIOT and SAVETHECHILDREN style votes, even if they benefit us.
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Net EQUALITY (Score:2)
(I thought about "network NON-DISCRIMINATION" but that sounded too much like it had something to do with eliminating the "digital divide".)
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An article about network neutrality. (Score:3, Funny)
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"Téim go dtí an siopa ar nós na gaoítha"
Regulation Is Good (Score:5, Insightful)
Left to its own devices, the market will form a monopoly. With a higher cost of entry, the monopoly will simply form faster. If there was no government oversight, we'd have one worldwide telco/isp/overlord within about 20 years. As it stands we only have less than a dozen tier 1 telcos anyway. Companies so huge they have "Gentlemen's Agreements" instead of monied contracts. What more evidence do you need. It's a cartel!
Now of course, if you have too much regulations, inefficiency, blah, blah, blah. Great, I'll keep it in mind, but at the moment, the internet is rapidly becoming the private demesne of a handful of companies. Companies beholden to no one. I foresee a future where private company regulations superceed any and all rights you or I have to use the internet in the way we want. BellSouth could permanantly blacklist you for irritiating them in your blog.
I say, fuck private companies. The internet, electricity, water, etc, should be public resources, like the air. So if they want to run things, they can do so under a regulator. Oh yeah, and transparently too. You provide a public service, then you've got to do it publically pal. Fuckers paw all our juicy data, but we're not entitled to get their caffeteria menus? Gods danm plutocrats.
The existing regulators are pretty good (Score:2)
A big European regulator is likely to listen more to industry lobbyists and less to consumers than the national regulators - look at the example of the European Comission, and the corruption in the EU bureaucracy.