Right now I'm pissed about this...
District of Columbia Court Circuit Court Hearings
Net Neutrality is dead, meaning that internet providers can block or charge for access to sites, possibly forcing some sites to pay fees.
Verizon was the one who went against the Federal Communications Commissions, claiming they should be able to do whatever to their users internet (apparently corporations > actual people, and screw you if you think they're the same).
I'm pretty pissed about it. No, I'm REALLY PISSED ABOUT IT!!!! SCREW THAT NOISE!!!!
This is just an artificial way to keep overcharged land lines alive (home phone service should be dead by now, just like telegraphs, but nope, gotta overcharge people), Cable TV and Satellite are on their way out, and Verizon wants to stop it, along with other lobbying parties, potentially including AT&T, DirecTV, Dish, Comcast, etc (although none of that is for certain).
Instead of evolving with technology and towards the internet 3.0, they're fighting back.
Seriously, imagine if telegraph or radio companies fought TV's, motion pictures, and camera's legality. That's literally what's happening, and the world wouldn't be where it is today with TV and phone services' powers fighting the internet.
They can all combine and be a part of the internet, and still make good money (not overcharging customer money) with the internet.
But nope, they gotta be greedy, and eventually, either they'll destroy America's communication chain, bomb the economy, and force America to become a country that just "drops off the map" (as well as America's allies and business partners), or (far more likely) these companies are going to get fought back on this, get destroyed, get gigantic public backlash, and eventually lose out on advancing with the future because they're too busy trying to prevent it from happening.
There's a place for 3rd party vendors in this new forthcoming age, but you gotta set your grassroots first by putting money and time into, instead of using that same money and time trying to make more money now.
Online and/or cloud streaming, networks, and communications is the future. It's just a fact. It's not as limited as 1080i TV. Heck, 1080p is on its' way out, as 2k is going to become the new standard. American television services can't even get to 1080p, sans some PPV's; why should it then be the only means of visual entertainment if its' stuck in the past=???
Seriously, my phone can do 1080p streaming. It's time to move on from these things.
And if we don't stop this, well this article could be right.
Net Neutrality and the Death of the Internet
So to get my anger out...
...SCREW YOU VERIZON FOR OPPOSING INTERNET NEUTRALITY!!!!
And screw anyone who supports this. Back in the days you are trying to keep alive we burned witches like you at the stake.
I'm so mad, I'm going to fight for the future by fighting the power.
Seriously, screw greed. If you want to see how greed turns out, watch some mob movie like Goodfellas (almost everyone either dies via assassination or goes to prison) or The Godfather series (everyone dies via assassination or heartbreak). Eventually, people who do these things get crushed, and eventually, good prevails.