youtube.com — OPEN explores the inner-workings of the TWiT Cottage and the creative process of Leo Laporte. The tech guru focuses in on the issues surrounding Net Neutrality in this short documentary created by Marc Ostrick & Michael Sean Wright.
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s73v3rDec 8, 2009
No, what we want is the same Freedom of Speech that the 1st Amendment gives us transfers over from the real world into the digital one. We do not want ISPs deciding what we can and cannot access. Currently, telephone service providers can offer no discrimination on who you call; they must connect all calls equally, and not prioritize one over another. They have neutrality. We want the same thing for the internet.
s73v3rDec 8, 2009
That's every episode :-p
s73v3rDec 8, 2009
Yeah, but that means we can only sell what we have. Under our current schemes, we are able to sell to many more customers, and rake in much more cash, all while not improving our network infrastructure. Its better this way. Trust us.--National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
s73v3rDec 8, 2009
He's talked about his ball quite a bit. Basically sitting on the ball forces you to use good posture while working out the muscles in your midsection, because you're constantly balancing.
paradigm1220Dec 8, 2009
False. Not trying to be a dick about it, but that's a very sensationalist comment.
guardiansbeerDec 8, 2009
Is electricity a privilege or right? When the first power generating companies were first started, was it a privilege or a right? The government has already made the decision that access to information is a vital part of our society and subsidize the free access to information (see your local library). I argue that access to the internet is on the path to being a public service available to all.
s73v3rDec 8, 2009
Perhaps saying "Freedom of Speech" wasn't the right term, but my point about phone calls still stands. Right now, we have Phone (and Telegraph, as that's where it originated) Neutrality, where a phone system must transmit all calls equally and indiscriminately. We want the same thing to extend to the Internet.
flossdailyDec 9, 2009
@anheinzm:Next time, try reading the first and last lines of Sect 1. Art 8: "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;"...andCongress has the power "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."... Remember these key words "General Welfare" and "Necessary and Proper".Preserving the freedom of speech is clearly in the interest of general welfare.
danrienDec 12, 2009
I kind of agree with @deadbaby. Why was the interstate system built? To encourage business and for military purposes. How is the internet any different? Should our communication lines not be built by the people, for the people?
eurynom0sDec 24, 2009
I say, bring back TechTV!!!