Google & Verizon's Real Net Neutrality Proposal 254
langelgjm writes "Announced this afternoon in a joint conference call held by CEOs Eric Schmidt and Ivan Seidenberg, Google and Verizon have released a joint net neutrality proposal in the form of a 'suggested legislative framework for consideration by lawmakers.' This comes on the heels of last week's assertion (and subsequent denial) that Google and Verizon were close to concluding talks that would permit Verizon to prioritize certain content in exchange for pay. A look at the actual text of the framework shows some positive net neutrality principles, but there is also some more curious content: 'Wireless broadband' is singled out for exclusion from most of the agreement, and providers would be permitted to prioritize 'additional online services... distinguishable in scope and purpose.' Public Knowledge, a watchdog group based in Washington, has criticized the agreement for these provisions."
Re:why the fuck are these people deciding? (Score:4, Funny)
i could simply answer your question with an image link to a dollar bill, but i assume your query was rhetorical.
Re:Lesser of two evils? (Score:3, Funny)
I don't know how to do that with Congress.
Simple - Just vote! right?
Re:three bad VAGUE things (Score:2, Funny)
(2) running lawful applications and using lawful services of their choice; and
LAWFUL? what the fuck is that all about? now, we have to have layer8, the LAWFUL INSPECTION layer, before we can send the PDU?
No, you're just not allowed to use Chaotic or Neutral programs. /dev/urandom / %RANDOM% are to be replaced with predictable pseudo random generators, all seeded with the same number. You can use them for good or evil, but they have to be predictable.
if you ping to discover, you could be seen as 'doing harm'.
My ISP disabled ICMP in and out; I can't ping or traceroute anything from home. They did this immediately after I used traceroute to diagnose a network problem that took them a month to fix. And no, I can't switch.