Do you trust John McCain to make important decisions about the future of the Internet?
McCain has emerged as the ISPs' biggest champion against new "network neutrality" rules from the Federal Communications Commission, which voted Thursday to move forward in the process to adopt such rules. Shortly after the FCC vote, McCain introduced a bill (the "Internet Freedom Act") that would block regulation of the nation's largest broadband networks.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUS246040901420091024
After-all, he did admit he was Computer illiterate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNehRSWmvJM
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He stated he is computer illiterate, so he's not the person to involve this. Even those who are computer literate, aren't making good decisions on this, so why in the world should the non winning candidate who is not literate in an industry have any decision on this?
People who should speak up are industry leaders!
You've got people who are at Mahalo who see the future of the Internet, and those who are involved in other Internet startups who are living and breathing the Internet daily. These people should have a direct impact on the future direction of the Internet. If you get someone who doesn't use it, care for it determining the future, then you are not making the right decision.
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I don't think I could ever trust one individual or even one governing body to control the "internet". By internet i assume you mean...
the -Root TLD DNS Authority token Admin Servers .
Keep in mind there are other networks (some even far larger than IDN/COGENT which use IPv4) (Which is what we are using now).
IPv6 has been actually growing pretty healthy in the last 2 years.
And companies and gov. organizations like Verizon, Google, DoD are making good use of it.
I think their will always be issues with this. As of right now the US, Canada, UK and parts of Asia have primary control over them. More so in favor of the US.
Actually Verisign and NASA (as of 2009) you could say have primary "control", however some of that control has shifted a little bit in the past couple years.
Here is a overview layout of the Root TLD _Admin_ servers. ( ROOT-*.NET )
(Root TLD DNS IDN Authority Servers) (SUDO) ( Super Users and Admins )
&.. THE
(Root Domain Servers themselves) ( All "squided" up )
If you ask me I think the United Nations and NATO should establish a governing body and just control it right from there.
Ofcoars there is a hell of allot that goes along with this.
And much more that would need to be addressed.
Unfortunately its not a clean cut answer. (Not now anyways) ...Not yet.
Kind Regards,
@XDS
Past job with OpenSRS and INTERNIC.
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LOL no. This guy have no knowledge or understanding of the future of the internet or even how to turn on a computer. I think he should get some tips from Mike Huckabee. Should people put their trust in the hands of man who rely on his wife to use the internet? No of course not. As stated he is Computer illiterate. No wonder he has introduce the bill block regulation of the nation's largest broadband networks. Now why would you block something so important that needs regulating sounds just like what should have happened to Wall Street.
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M$If broadband companies are deregulated, they will likely be offering outrageously cheap plans if you sign up for 5 years, then your plan cost will skyrocket by 300%. They will find some way to keep you from switching companies, just like they did with cell phones. Customer service, as bad as it is now, will go to the dogs because they'll have you trapped.
Net neutrality is not only desireable, it is necessary. Without net neutrality, Twitter would not have been able to bring us the Iran election situation in real time. That being said, THAT is one reason why conventional news sources are against net neutrality. They're losing out because not only can sites like Twitter and Facebook get the news to us faster, they do a better job without the restrictions imposed on print journalists.
And I'll just bet if you look at John McCain's campaign contributions, a lot of money is coming from communications companies, especially broadband providers. He never does anything that someone doesn't pay him for, not even get and stay married.
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Here is part of my answer to the Conundrum question on net neutrality a couple of days ago:
I saw an article today about the FCC's unanimous (3 Dems, 2 Repubs) decision to put the propose rule out for comment. Of course, Drudge was trying to make it look like a loony Dem-led item, when in fact, it is a fairly sensible idea that has been pushed by people from both sides of the aisle. And, even at least one of the major telecom ISP's (Verizon) is cautiously moving away from its strong opposition to it.
I haven't looked at the proposed rule (we have until January to comment), but I have mixed feelings on the subject. Perhaps it is because I don't fully understand the structure of the internet or the nature of the regulations - but it does not intuitively seem to me that the regulation is necessary. However, I do not think that it would be the first step on a "slippery slope" towards "regulation of the Internet", with the fear of content regulation that some on the right are trying to play (scare) up.
By the way, I looked for McCain's bill in the obvious places (thomas.loc.gov and his website), but nothing yet. Just his press release, replete with scary allusions of "ONEROUS" regulation: (http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=7ccc25b5-9d63-321c-0238-805ed7bafc6b&Region_id=&Issue_id= ) (BTW, McCain's position does not surprise me - I expect that he has some close relationships with some of the lobbyists for the telecoms.
I'm going to have to do some more reading up on the regulation, the bill, and what the proponents (http://www.savetheinternet.com/ ) are saying, but my gut tells me that if Drudge, McCain and others in the conservative wing are demagoguing on it, it is probably worth doing.
http://www.reuters.com/article/regulatoryNewsConsumerGoodsAndRetail/idUSN2237873320091022?sp=true
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