24 Comments to “Net Neutrality 8-29-2006”

1. August 29th, 2006 at 6:44 am
   katiebird said

   Someone once said, “I have a dream” someone else said, “You may say I’m a dreamer” I say that the world is powered by the dreams dreamers dream.

   “This is today. And this is not a Net Neutral reality. What makes you think that the future is going to be any different?”

   Well a lot of people are dreaming of a future that’s different from today (and don’t even get me started on all the ways it could be improved) and those dreams can power great changes. That’s what makes me think the future is going to be different.

2. August 29th, 2006 at 6:46 am
   katiebird said

   (coffee kicks in Insert this at the top of Wmy previous comment)

   Good morning Liz!! Would you like a cup?

3. August 29th, 2006 at 6:52 am
   ME Strauss said

   That’s so cool. I saw your name and thought “Good morning, Katie!”

   Thanks I just got a cup. It’s so nice around here in your computer and your coffee is way better than Starbucks.

   I’m a dreamer too, but then I bet you already knew that. It’s kind of hard to keep quiet too long. It shows up in that optimistic outlook we dreamers teend to have.

   I love the song by Supertramp called “Dreamer.” I know and value every word of it. *She puts on her headphones and puts on the song she’s talking about.*

   The line in the chorus I like a lot is
   Dreamer . . .
   Can you put your hands in your head?

   I like to ask myself that, because it “keeps me honest.”

   I can dream about net neutrality, but the minute I think reality, people spoil the picture with their petty issues and conflicts of insterest. So dreaming only makes me sadder.

4. August 29th, 2006 at 7:01 am
   katiebird said

   (Liz)

   “people spoil the picture with their petty issues and conflicts of insterest. So dreaming only makes me sadder.”

   I’m not quite that emotional about the net neutrality thing. But I feel exactly like that about “health care for everyone.” But, then I remember that dreams are more powerful than negativity. And that even as the Wright Brothers were flying their plane for the first time (and even after) some people said that flight is impossible. I thank God everyday that the Wright Brothers didn’t listen to them.

   And I don’t think we dreamers should listen to the naysayers now.

5. August 29th, 2006 at 7:05 am
   ME Strauss said

   I’m smiling, Katie, because I agree with you about not listening to naysayers.

   I think of them as rain on parades . . . interesting to watch, but not fun to hang around in.

   I’m not emotional . . . maybe I should have said dsappointed rather than sadder.

6. August 29th, 2006 at 7:12 am
   katiebird said

   (whew) I couldn’t stand going through the day thinking about you being saddened by the naysayers. I like the disappointed substitution too. And actually I feel sorry for them. Think of all the cheap entertainment they miss by not being able to turn on a daydream whenever they get bored!

7. August 29th, 2006 at 7:24 am
   ME Strauss said

   I know I don’t let folks that see things negative get me down often. Too much fun out there to be had and only one life to pack it into.

8. August 29th, 2006 at 8:49 am
   Amrit Hallan said

   Awareness will do the trick. Force tactic don’t work for long. If one ISP service is providing a facility ‘A’ and the other is not and you want the facility ‘A’, then why stay with the service that does not provide it? The one thing businesses get scared of is losing paying customers. They should be scared often to keep them in line :-).

9. August 29th, 2006 at 8:57 am
   katiebird said

   But does everyone have access to both ISPs? And what if neither ISP wants to provide facility ‘X’?

10. August 29th, 2006 at 8:59 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Amrit!
    My only question is . . . what if the provider is my only choice?

11. August 29th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
    Big Roy said

    Liz if your phone gets cut off I think we will all know why.

12. August 29th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Big Roy,
    That’s why I pay three different phone companies, better not to rely on one.

13. August 29th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
    katiebird said

    Liz — Me too! Well, including the cell phones….

    And we get our cable modem from a different company than we get the cable TV. For one thing, I’m not sure I want any one company to know every digital thing about me. And I’m less likely to lose both my Internet and my TV at the same time (which would render me helpless)

14. August 29th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Let’s see . . .

    telcos cablecomss
    telcos cablecomss
    telcos cablecomss
    Can’t figure out who I trust more . . . or less . .. or more . .. or less?

15. August 29th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
    Advice Librarian said

    Once you get past a certain level of personal fortune, money becomes meaningless and it becomes all about power and control.

    This coupled with the sociopathic traits and pathologies needed to rise to the top of a Fortune 500 makes me nervous…

16. August 29th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi AdLib,
    Even the sane ones at the top are living a different reality than we are. They are playing Monopoly and we’re just pieces on the board.

17. August 29th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
    Advice Librarian said

    Exactly - and the ‘net is now threathening their nice little game of Monopoly on Communications. I’m not sure I trust the lawmakers to get it Right, but I’m sure I trust the telcos and cable to get it Wrong if we don’t tell them “no, you can’t do that.”

18. August 29th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
    ME Strauss said

    If only we owned the board game.

19. August 29th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
    Advice Librarian said

    I think you do, actually - something the telcos are desperate to keep out of the public consciousness. Theyre certainly not mentioning their private use of public land, are they…

20. August 29th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
    ME Strauss said

    There’s so much being mentioned and so much being not mentioned that there’s no keeping up with it and holding a job that feeds a family.

21. September 7th, 2006 at 12:54 am
    Net Neutrality « Lorelle on WordPress said

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22. September 12th, 2006 at 11:09 am
    Vijay said

    It’s nice to see a conversation brewing over here. Did a technorati search a bit late, but interesting nonetheless.

23. September 20th, 2006 at 2:28 am
    Vijay said

    Liz,

    Just made a post to shed a bit more clarity on what is spoken about, in terms of net neutrality. Do send your views and perspectives.

    Vijay

24. September 20th, 2006 at 5:57 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Vijay,
    Your post states it in nice, easy-to-understand language. Thanks for that.