Hey y'all,
Most Virtualmin users are web devs, independent web hosts, and not working at mega corps with deep pockets, so this affects almost every Virtualmin user.
Net Neutrality is once again (or, perhaps it's more correct to say has always been) under threat from cable and telco companies who want the ability to place tolls on website owners based on threats of making them slower or inaccessible. This would compromise the integrity of the web as a medium of free expression, and would harm startups, independent developers, and non-profit websites most. Larger websites could pay the tolls, but huge swaths of what makes the internet great are built and maintained by independent site owners and small organizations.
Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, and Time Warner Cable won't stop fighting for the right to extort every website owner for last-mile bandwidth because they stand to make billions, so if we want a level playing field for our small businesses, our online communities, and our independent projects, we can't stop fighting either.
If you are concerned about net neutrality, head over to https://www.battleforthenet.com/ and send a letter to the FCC letting them know how important a free and neutral internet is to your livelihood.
Cheers,
Joe
Hi Joe, its serious issue - but isnt it valid only for USA? I mean I did not hear anything like it for EU.. thanks.
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Yes, this particular effort is in the US (sorry, I should have specified). There have been fights in other countries over the same basic concerns, but this one is specific to the US and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission who regulates some aspects of the last-mile internet).
I am not familiar enough with the law in EU to know what's going on with net neutrality there.
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we are all in and on same boat .. https://www.virtualmin.com/comment/779481#comment-779481
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They won't be able to do sh... if Nexus network succeeds in their plan to provide network neutrality via micro satellites :D
http://nexusearth.com/
nothing against mate, please grown up and show some support good things out there...
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I will grow up :) but you should enter the to 21'rst century :) http://nxsforum.com:4567/topic/9/blockchains-in-space-nexus-earth
You might end-up configuring Debian in space suit sooner then you think :D
hi...
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@joe
...since its not only usa times and issues I am in :) - thanks for the info! Yes it does not yet touch us in eu but we all know, where it will go or where it is going...however usa or eu or whatever country I feel that we need to stand up together for this good thingy happening around the globe so - .. virtualmin we are in this together!
If you are concerned about net neutrality, head over to https://www.battleforthenet.com/ and send a letter to the FCC letting them know how important a free and neutral internet is to your livelihood and future.
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If it starts in a country like USA then it will open up for the other countries . So it does not matter it this does not matter now in other countries , we have to protest for the future
Why are they constantly trying to mess with our privacy and control us?