Uncle Sam wants YOU to test your broadband connection

[soda72]

skuzzified 101..

 

[ZetaNine]

because of the non-political rules here I will refrain from commenting on this topic......but the truth is ....... it has very little to do with internet activity at all...and more to do with broadcasting...an industry that is very near and dear to my heart.  FCC...stay away from the Internet please.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

This is due to people not understanding what they are buying.  I can guarantee your immediate connection to your ISP is never throttled by anyone.  I can also guarantee your immediate connection to the Internet is exactly what you bought.

No one can guarantee the overall throughput of the Internet.  No one.  No amount of oversight or prying into is going to change that.  People like you will cause the end of the Internet as we know it.  Mark my words.

If you do not like your ISP's service, then terminate it.  That is how you control ISP's.  If you do not have the stomach for it, then quite whining about it.  You are the reason they can do what they do.  They count on sheep like you.

Someone actually gets it. The FCC is seeking an excuse to increase their control over the Internet. To get it, they look for sheeple to provide the excuse, and their consent. Government control is not your friend.

[scot12b]

Government control is not your friend.

[ZetaNine]

The FCC is seeking an excuse to increase their control over the Internet.

it's bigger than that....and it has more to do with the "fairness doctrine".  their ultimate aim is talk radio.

[AAJagerX]

Wow, someone hit a nerve.

[68Hawk]

Get 'em Skuzzy!

[sluggish]

It's been reported that speedometers and odometers are inaccuarte in automobiles.  Unle Sam wants you to volenteer (for now) to have a black box installed on your car to "monitor" instument accuracy...

[gyrene81]

It's been reported that speedometers and odometers are inaccuarte in automobiles.  Unle Sam wants you to volenteer (for now) to have a black box installed on your car to "monitor" instument accuracy...

You're a bit late bud...they have been able to do that with the onboard gps systems for a few years now...GMs Onstar system can do a lot of things. Same deal with the GPS system in cell phones...all they need is a court order.

[AAJagerX]

You can disable onstar and the like by pulling the fuse.  

[2bighorn]

I strongly agree with the rest you wrote, but not this:

I can guarantee your immediate connection to your ISP is never throttled by anyone.

Think of TWC hard cap trials (on top of existing soft caps), Comcast throttling torrent under pretense of QoS, lots of other examples.

[lyric1]

What ever happened to the trials that were done in Ohio & Texas with the utility company's providing internet service through your home wiring? I know they have done this in a few Asian country's & is supposed to very good & very cheap. Then every outlet in your house would make a PC on line the moment you plugged it in.

[sluggish]

Wireless is where it's at.  Currently local municipalities hinder competition by dis allowing content providers access to utility easements.  It is currently possible to deliver 40 - 50 MBPS via microwave transmission.  It is just a matter of implementation.

[Meatwad]

What ever happened to the trials that were done in Ohio & Texas with the utility company's providing internet service through your home wiring? I know they have done this in a few Asian country's & is supposed to very good & very cheap. Then every outlet in your house would make a PC on line the moment you plugged it in.

You mean BPL? (broadband over power lines)

That stuff is very VERY bad for amateur radio operators

[lyric1]

You mean BPL? (broadband over power lines)

That stuff is very VERY bad for amateur radio operators

Not sure what it was called I guess your right though. How so with radio guys?