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Dell: BACK the Net Neutrality Bill!

240 points posted to Dell, Education by phubert Feb 15

This is an initiative that will protect the FREEDOM of Dell and its CUSTOMERS.

The Internet is the basic highway to the WORLD and, as such, should be kept FREE.

Net Neutrality bill is introduced in the US Congress

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/15/net-neutrality-bill-in...

phubert
Feb 15		 Counterpoint?

Industry Groups Declare War on Net Neutrality Bill

Its introduction revisits the contentious debate over Net neutrality, which has industry groups championing the free market and warning that government intervention threatens to choke off growth and innovation in the Internet economy.

http://www.internetnews.com/government/article.php/3728271
limerat
Feb 15		 Dell should support NN.
epic4life
Feb 16		 Umm government needs to regulate the Internet lol and this is why.

before 15 years ago, a person would have to hold up a bank to rob it. The person would only have access to a certain amount of money, mainly for mobility reasons after the escape. So if the robbery was successful, the robber might make out with 100,000 dollars worth of loot. This hardly ever happened as well, mainly 50-100 a year for this ammount and most robbers were caught.

In the year 2008, the internet has made it easy for anyone accross the earth to steal money and be basically untraceable, uncatchable or unarrestable. Instead of $100,000, the bank loss due to internet scams and intrusions is in the hundreds of millions. That is a gigantic impact and the loss can't be made up. This also impacts the worth of the dollar or any currency.

Government could step in and sector out ip clusters, make certain clusters blocked to certain financial institutions, make it more secure. Trust me, I dont' want the government controling my life, but I also dont want so punk kid from another country enjoying someone's hard earned money.

my 2cents

EpiC
 
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