Comments | midgardsorm: Net Neutrality amendment...

midgardsorm

Net Neutrality amendment...

Jun 27, 2006 11:39

Here's the latest from the Senate Commerce Committee, where a "mark-up" on several amendments to Senator Stevens' Telecom Act began today at 10 a.m.: The Snowe-Dorgan Net Neutrality amendment will probably come before the Committee by mid-to-late afternoon. If successfully passed, the amendment would put Net Neutrality language into the massive ( Read more... )

snowe-dorgan amendment, net neutrality

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I wonder if... saintjudas June 27 2006, 22:33:19 UTC

Any of the members of the Telecom committee have really thought about what would happen to the US should Net Neutrality be broken.

All it would do is to slow down our content, and to create an even greater sucking sound at the intelligencia of the USA as they move to countries where they do not have to pay for preferential service.

I think that this is one area where China could actually come off looking like the good guy if we do not keep our IT infrastructure neutral.

Re: I wonder if... midgardsorm July 2 2006, 05:25:38 UTC

"All it would do is to slow down our content, and to create an even greater sucking sound at the intelligentsia of the USA as they move to countries where they do not have to pay for preferential service."

Yeah, those were my thoughts exactly. It is getting to the point where it is less and less practical to remain in the US long-term, (never-mind the police-state video surveillance and other nasty things on the horizon.) If they kill Net Neutrality that is just one more nail in the coffin.

Re: I wonder if... saintjudas July 2 2006, 12:25:42 UTC

My current plans are made to have me out of the US and firmly working for some company that has a HUGE investment in Robotics and cybernetics in Japan or China (I just need to figure out if I will be capable of learning both Japanese and Chinese).

I should be in Japan by 2015 at the latest... And I am hoping that it can be earlier if possible (such as being able to finish a phd in two years...HA!...probably not)...

But, as it stands, I have between 2 and 4 years for undergrad completion, and 2 to 4 years for graduate work... That puts me at 2013 to 2014 for completion of school, with probably one or two trips to Asia in there somewhere, and then a year to find a job at Sony, Honda, Matsushiro, or one of the other Robotics Co's I have heard from....