Comcast Loves Verizon

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57424296-1/verizon-comcast-join-forces-in-six-new-markets/

A little bit disturbig? We were looking forward to "competition" .

SOPA And PIPA Has A New Friend; CISPA

This bill could easily be ammended to just deal with real Internet Threats.  Take out all the "intellectial property" reference.  There are already laws on the books to deal with that...

The person you want to contact is Rep Mike Rogers of Michigan's District 8.

Read the bill here:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3523ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3523ih.pdf

Cosponsors (drop them a note too) are:
COSPONSORS(106)
Rep Amodei, Mark E. [NV-2] - 11/30/2011
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 2/27/2012
Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] - 11/30/2011
Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 2/16/2012
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 3/29/2012
Rep Benishek, Dan [MI-1] - 2/13/2012
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 3/29/2012
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 3/5/2012
Rep Bono Mack, Mary [CA-45] - 2/16/2012
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 3/19/2012
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 11/30/2011
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 2/28/2012
Rep Brooks, Mo [AL-5] - 2/7/2012
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 2/13/2012
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 11/30/2011
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 11/30/2011
Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] - 12/16/2011
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 3/29/2012
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 2/7/2012
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 11/30/2011
Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] - 1/18/2012
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 2/1/2012
Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] - 11/30/2011
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 3/22/2012
Rep Costa, Jim [CA-20] - 3/29/2012
Rep Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [AR-1] - 3/8/2012
Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 2/14/2012
Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 11/30/2011
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 12/20/2011
Rep Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [TN-3] - 2/27/2012
Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] - 1/25/2012
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 3/19/2012
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11] - 12/8/2011
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 11/30/2011
Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 1/18/2012
Rep Griffith, H. Morgan [VA-9] - 3/29/2012
Rep Grimm, Michael G. [NY-13] - 2/13/2012
Rep Guthrie, Brett [KY-2] - 2/13/2012
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 11/30/2011
Rep Hartzler, Vicky [MO-4] - 2/7/2012
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 3/5/2012
Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 2/14/2012
Rep Heck, Joseph J. [NV-3] - 11/30/2011
Rep Huizenga, Bill [MI-2] - 2/7/2012
Rep Hultgren, Randy [IL-14] - 3/5/2012
Rep Hurt, Robert [VA-5] - 3/5/2012
Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 1/31/2012
Rep Johnson, Bill [OH-6] - 3/8/2012
Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 11/30/2011
Rep Kinzinger, Adam [IL-11] - 11/30/2011
Rep Kissell, Larry [NC-8] - 3/29/2012
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 2/16/2012
Rep Lance, Leonard [NJ-7] - 2/14/2012
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 11/30/2011
Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 3/19/2012
Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] - 12/8/2011
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 11/30/2011
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 11/30/2011
Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 12/8/2011
Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 3/29/2012
Rep McKinley, David B. [WV-1] - 1/18/2012
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] - 1/18/2012
Rep Meehan, Patrick [PA-7] - 2/14/2012
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 12/20/2011
Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] - 2/13/2012
Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 1/31/2012
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 11/30/2011
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 11/30/2011
Rep Noem, Kristi L. [SD] - 2/28/2012
Rep Nunes, Devin [CA-21] - 11/30/2011
Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] - 2/16/2012
Rep Owens, William L. [NY-23] - 3/29/2012
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 3/29/2012
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 3/22/2012
Rep Pompeo, Mike [KS-4] - 11/30/2011
Rep Quayle, Benjamin [AZ-3] - 12/8/2011
Rep Roe, David P. [TN-1] - 2/27/2012
Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3] - 2/13/2012
Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-16] - 11/30/2011
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 1/18/2012
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 3/22/2012
Rep Runyan, Jon [NJ-3] - 3/22/2012
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] - 11/30/2011
Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] - 3/29/2012
Rep Schock, Aaron [IL-18] - 2/16/2012
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] - 11/30/2011
Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] - 3/29/2012
Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] - 2/16/2012
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 3/19/2012
Rep Smith, Adrian [NE-3] - 3/8/2012
Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 1/31/2012
Rep Stivers, Steve [OH-15] - 3/29/2012
Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] - 1/18/2012
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 11/30/2011
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 11/30/2011
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 3/19/2012
Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-3] - 2/1/2012
Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 11/30/2011
Rep Walberg, Tim [MI-7] - 12/16/2011
Rep Walden, Greg [OR-2] - 11/30/2011
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 11/30/2011
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 3/29/2012
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - 3/1/2012
Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 1/25/2012
Rep Woodall, Rob [GA-7] - 3/29/2012
Rep Yoder, Kevin [KS-3] - 12/8/2011

Massive Internet Outage In Africa

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/28/east_africa_undersea_cables_cut/

The whole thing stinks of African dictators, and their supporters (China/Russia).

I Forgot To Mention I was Happy..

Happy we killed SOPA and PIPA here in the US. We still need to keep vigilant, because Disney, Warner, FAUX and the TV companies will all be pushing for legislation.. They have money and they vote with that money. We vote at the polls, the companies can't, yet.

Nice story on migrating your on-line business outside the US.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120216/17154217785/congrats-us-government-youre-scaring-web-businesses-into-moving-out-us.shtml
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STOP SOPA

I will not be posting anything else tonight or tomorrow. We are all going off-line to protest the US Internet law SOPA (and others similar).

You should too. Read a book, and did you know your radio still works?

Cheers, till Thursday then. Stay cool.
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Net Neutrality In The Senate

OK, this is REALLY important. The Republican House members passed this Bill, and I can summarize the impacts of it:

• If you download more, you pay more.
• If you upload more, you pay more.
• If you have a Server, you pay more.
• If you use Netflics, you pay more.
• If you relentlessly watch cute kitty videos, you pay more.
• If you are 70 years old and only check email twice a week, you pay the same as you pay now.
• If you listen to InfoWars once a week, you pay the same as you pay now, maybe.

It allows Internet providers to throttle access speed, based on what you pay for (IE, going over 1GB a month). It ends the concept of "paying for the pipe size" (IE DSL vs Cable vs Dial-Up). Which means, the provider can't throttle you.

I can only say the impact to small business' if this were to pass would be terrible. Imagine a startup starts getting traffic, and immediately gets throttled by the ISP? It kills business. Of course at some point, the business would realize they need a "bigger pipe" and would pay more to make that happen. It's the threat of being throttled as that happens, that would kill availability. Kill business.

So, I am more than happy to report that President Obama has promised to Veto the bill that all Republicans support, should it get to his desk.
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The PROTECT-IP Act

If you have read the Act, it will basically allow the US to block sites, it deems to be infringing copyrights.

I seriously (if you are in the US), contact your representatives and plead that they oppose censorship on the Internet.

The good thing though, there are 8 ways to get around it; http://www.zeropaid.com/news/95013/8-technical-methods-that-make-the-protect-ip-act-useless/  I recommend the Host File change...
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RTHR = ?

So is this stupid girly playtime, or the future?

Cute, but it makes me wonder.  I had all that shit out of my system at 16.  But I am still totally silly, so maybe I judge roughly.

On-Line Love

About the cutest thing I have seen all um, week.  Maybe month.  There was that dog video and that cat saved in Japan...  The ending is totally crap though.

No Good Can Come Of This..

The things people put on the Internet makes me laugh sometimes. 3D Family Orgies?

Republicans Want To Kill This

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1223/FCC-10-201A1.pdf

It's the law that makes it illegal for internet providers to throttle any lawful traffic as part of the service they provide.  It pisses off ISPs, who want you to start paying for content based on bandwidth usage.

US FCC Net Neutrality Rules

My take on the FCC rules that came out last week:

"No big deal". It basically keeps things as they as now.  If you think of all Internet connections as pipes, you have a garden hose going to your house.  A company like NetFlix has a lot of 40 inch water mains connecting to their servers.  What these rules do is stop ISPs from charging one person with a garden hose connection, any more or less, based on how full it is on average.  The same for companies with larger pipes.

I don't mean to equate an intangible thing like data, to an actual commodity, like water, it's more to provide something that can be visualized.  This heads off ISPs plans to start charging a base fee (what you pay today) and increase that charge based on your usage.  So if two people have identical Internet connections, the one who watches a lot of video, won't pay more than someone who does not.
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1221/DOC-303745A1.pdf

Why Doesn't ICE Stick To Deporting Illegals?

http://whatisthetrend.net/ice-shuts-down-illegal-file-sharing-sites-20105656.html

http://slumz.boxden.com/f5/nov-27-ice-seize-music-sharing-websites-1454166/

Track That..

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129298003

A good story about how companies track you on the internet...

Glad Verizon And Google Figured Out The The Net For Us!

http://www.cio.com/article/602912/Google_Verizon_Net_Neutrality_Plan_Limits_FCC?source=rss_news

Fucking lunacy to have corporations issuing statements on where "network neutrality" is going"?? We really have to reign in Google, Verizon will wallow on their own. Start using Bing and Yahoo...