NOT THE WEBS!!!!!!

[OcBish]

It's more than just that, they are trying to regulate it. But is it the governments fault the American people have been a lazy, uneducated mass, who have forgotten the governments role? We have sat back long enough, and this will not be the governments first step towards herding its flock of sheople

No i dont deny it one but that americans are lazy fat fucks.. I was talking to a female friend the other day about how so many ppl have forgot how to actually meet ppl and live a real life out in public, due to video games and the web.. But damn give us a fucking break, if your gonna take the web legalize pot ..

[Namosh]

I really doubt that the FCC, if they DID do this, would get far. One, there will be a HUGE backlash. And two, it really is just a plain screw-up on the FCC's part. The only bad thing is that I won't be able to waste my time watching Steve's videos constantly, wishing that I had the kind of budget and knowledge that (if I stick around) I might get a part of.

I use a ton of bandwidth watching his videos, listening to music, going on here, and other sites. Also, I wouldn't want to pay more than what I have to pay now for what I get now.

My thoughts: This is the same as the Y2K thing.

What do you mean IF?

This has already passed.

It is just the first step. The end game is for total control of the content YOU can access over the web.

[Ecco]

I really doubt that the FCC, if they DID do this, would get far. One, there will be a HUGE backlash. And two, it really is just a plain screw-up on the FCC's part. The only bad thing is that I won't be able to waste my time watching Steve's videos constantly, wishing that I had the kind of budget and knowledge that (if I stick around) I might get a part of.

I use a ton of bandwidth watching his videos, listening to music, going on here, and other sites. Also, I wouldn't want to pay more than what I have to pay now for what I get now.

My thoughts: This is the same as the Y2K thing.

What do you mean IF?

This has already passed.

It is just the first step. The end game is for total control of the content YOU can access over the web.

Well, that shows how much I know.

Either way, I really doubt that they'll get the total control that they're after.

[nismo114]

nd f*** the fcc. in other countries they have bandwith limits they can use per month, usually 500 gigs or so, no "normal" person who checks emails and normal search can hit even 10 gigs a month.

they are going after people who do downloading

[Lumpydonut]

This has been in the making since around 2006. Nobody has heard about it? It's called Net Neutrality. The ISPs are trying to make the Net kind of like cable TV. You can go to certain sites for free, but that would be like yahoo and gmail simple things like that. Beyond that you must pay a fee to go to "premium" sites. What this means is, every little site in the entire web will fall. No more SMD, no more car forums, no more free online image hosting, porn?, all gone. The only thing we can do is stand up as a global community to stop this from happening. It's kind of late now, but it's never too late to try and stop this disaster. Google search "net neutrality" and pick a site, out of the many that are available, and most of them will have contact numbers and/or addresses for your local/state official. If enough people in the area let that person know that they do not support the restrictions then the representative SHOULD withhold their vote, or vote no.

[OcBish]

Guess its good i dont really download stuff.. I usually have other ppl do it and send it to me lol... I mean idk it could be a good thing, it will get ppl out the house and doing more productive things... Maybe we wont be the fattest country in the world in 10yrs or so.. Hell it may just may even help the economy a lil... HAHA SIKE.. Weed will help the economy tho, and its safer then cigs and booze but thats not what this is about..

[OcBish]

This has been in the making since around 2006. Nobody has heard about it? It's called Net Neutrality. The ISPs are trying to make the Net kind of like cable TV. You can go to certain sites for free, but that would be like yahoo and gmail simple things like that. Beyond that you must pay a fee to go to "premium" sites. What this means is, every little site in the entire web will fall. No more SMD, no more car forums, no more free online image hosting, porn?, all gone. The only thing we can do is stand up as a global community to stop this from happening. It's kind of late now, but it's never too late to try and stop this disaster. Google search "net neutrality" and pick a site, out of the many that are available, and most of them will have contact numbers and/or addresses for your local/state official. If enough people in the area let that person know that they do not support the restrictions then the representative SHOULD withhold their vote, or vote no.

Not the porn!!!!!

[Namosh]

nd f*** the fcc. in other countries they have bandwith limits they can use per month, usually 500 gigs or so, no "normal" person who checks emails and normal search can hit even 10 gigs a month.

they are going after people who do downloading

That's not the point. The reason they are doing this is just to put the ability in place to MONITOR and REGULATE what everyone is doing on the net. It won't be long until the FCC is deciding what content is acceptable.

[IH8PunkRok]

That's not the point. The reason they are doing this is just to put the ability in place to MONITOR and REGULATE what everyone is doing on the net. It won't be long until the FCC is deciding what content is acceptable.

exactly and that is bullshit. we need much much less of that.

[Lumpydonut]

Guess its good i dont really download stuff.. I usually have other ppl do it and send it to me lol... I mean idk it could be a good thing, it will get ppl out the house and doing more productive things... Maybe we wont be the fattest country in the world in 10yrs or so.. Hell it may just may even help the economy a lil... HAHA SIKE.. Weed will help the economy tho, and its safer then cigs and booze but thats not what this is about..

Other people wont be able to send you stuff because they won't even be able to get it. Do you go to any other forums besides SMD? If so kiss them goodbye. Youtube will cost you extra. Stubleupon, extra. Facebook, extra. Everything will cost, which will cause them to go wayyyy down in user count, which will cause them to stop making money, which will mean the thousands of people who work for companies such as Google, Ebay, Youtube, Facebook, etc., will LOSE their job. You think that will help the economy? The internet has done so much more good than bad, and you cannot blame it for people being lazy fat fucks. Alcohol does't cause alcoholics, cigarettes don't cause smokers. People choose how they wan't to be, and I would bet that without the internet, people will find another way to be fat and lazy.