NO COMMENTS ALLOWED BUT PLEASE KICK & VOTE UP NET NEUTRALITY POLL

[Jeffersons Ghost]

How much do you know about Net Neutrality? How will it affect you in the future? Which gigantic cooperation do you favor? When you're only offered two rival demons, who's your daddy?

Before educating yourself any further, please vote in the poll but, remember, no comments other than "kick" and "recommend." Let's just see how this poll plays out. Please VOTE BEFORE CONDUCTING ANY MORE RESEARCH. Cheaters who peek at the answer before taking the poll will be banned from the internet forever and we have ways to know if you cheat! After voting here's some sites with plenty of current information on the topic. http://news.com.com/2009-1028_3-6055133.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/index.php?p=148

Here's a brief cartoon, which is the number one hit on Google:
http://www.internetofthefuture.org/

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. PLEASE TYPE IN THE WORD "KICK" AFTER YOU VOTE...

We want a big sample size on the survey, right?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

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23. DO NOT LET THE VOTES ON THIS POLL MAKE YOU DECIDE HOW TO VOTE...

play fair! vote as you would have voted if this poll was a double blind experiment.

[wizdum]

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. thanks, let's make these results REAL interesting with a BIG SURVEY SAMPLE

[regnaD kciN]

5. Kick...

:kick:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

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[Guaranteed]

6. Kick.

I got the right answer.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. please VOTE IT UP for a large sampling of web savey people...

Educating yourself is the ONLY right answer. Education on Net Neutrality starts here... Throw away what you THOUGHT you knew on the topic and start over.

[annabanana]

9. kick!. . . . . . . n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. WILL DU GO WITH THE CURRENT MAJORITY OF POLL VOTERS?....

Russ Feingold didn't do that on the USA PATRIOT ACT! stop cheating! we see you! get truly informed!

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[ixion]

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13. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose..

By any other word would smell as sweet."

Shakespeare

[acmejack]

12. kick

[Jeffersons Ghost]

19. is only 20 people the average number of readers on DU in the morning???

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[acmejack]

14. delete

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15. self- delete!!! .

[Mnemosyne]

16. kick

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. okay chickens... everyone AT LEAST vote on the poll!!! my ONLY...

agenda here is a large sampling and promoting a diverse education. Don't let others (sites, links) make your mind up for you!!!

[Lochloosa]

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

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[Imalittleteapot]

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[AnOhioan]

22. Kick

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25. kick

[foreverdem]

26. kick!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

27. thanks for all the kicks! kick n/t

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28. KICK

[Time for change]

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[obreaslan]

33. Kick

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

34. POST DISCUSSIONS ON NET NEUTRALITY TO THIS OP PLEASE...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1515610

[philly_bob]

35. kick

[rman]

36. kick

[satya]

37. Kick. nt

[skids]

38. Umm, No...

I'm not going to vote in a poll that asks me not to comment. Sorry.

Moreover, I think I'm going to be ornary and leave a comment, too, that being this:

The prospect of allowing the creeps in Congress to touch anything at all at this point is scary.

The prospect of allowing the creeps in the telcos unbridled and deregulated "free market" is also scary.

My suggestion to people would be that getting wrapped up in this issue is not worth your time. You are going to get screwed either way. View it just like electricty, water, and oil: the corporations want to monopolize it and use it to enslave you, and the government is just going to screw up if and when they try to do anything about it -- if they don't play into one corporation's hands they will play into another's, short of nationalizing it, and given the current administration's inability to hire anyone who knows how to remove their ass from their head, that too would be a disaster.

There are much more important things to be spending your time on.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

40. yep you're probably right... commenting on this thread doesn't matter now

that the die, as they say, is cast... the best thing I can do is keep making donations to EFF and let them keep straightening it out in court. Check this companion link, which quickly followed the OP. I had no intention of leaving this a mute vote, like our government does on most issues. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1515610

In the thread at that link, I say that I wouldn't trust this Congress to take out the trash, much less "fix" this important issue. Why is it that these repuke fools keep fixing things, which don't seem to be broken?

Ckeck out the cases this non-profit law organization has been quietly fighting since inception of the internet:

EFF Battles Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Surveillance Case
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a federal judge today that the government should not be allowed to use the "state secrets privilege" to preempt the class-action lawsuit against AT&T. EFF's suit accuses AT&T of collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in illegally spying on millions of Americans—handing over customers' telephone and Internet records and communications without any legal authority. Department of Justice lawyers argued today that even if the NSA program is illegal, pursuing the case might expose "state secrets." However, EFF attorneys asked the judge to allow the case to proceed, considering the privilege in regards to specific evidence and situations instead of derailing the suit all together.
Full story, more on EFF's case against AT&T
June 23, 2006

Copyright Battle Threatens Right to Surf and Email Anonymously
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argued Tuesday that a battle between Internet real estate services over copyrighted images should not threaten the rights of users to surf web pages and send emails anonymously. The case began when CoStar, a real estate information database, subpoenaed LoopNet, an online real estate forum, over copyrighted photographs that appeared on LoopNet's service. However, CoStar demanded not only the identification of the uploaders of the offending images, but also identification of "downloaders"—using a dangerously broad definition that includes both those who simply view the photos online and those who merely email links to the photos to others.
Full story, For the full amicus brief
June 20, 2006

EFF and Government Face Off Over 'State Secrets' in San Francisco Courtroom
On Friday, June 23, at 9:30 a.m., a federal judge in San Francisco will hear oral arguments on the U.S. government's motion to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) class-action lawsuit against AT&T. EFF's suit accuses the telecom giant of collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in illegal spying on millions of ordinary Americans. The government contends that even if the NSA program is illegal, the lawsuit should not go forward because it might expose state secrets.
Full story, more on EFF's case against AT&T
June 20, 2006

Appeals Court Corrects Dangerous Web Privacy Ruling
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has corrected a dangerous lower court ruling that threatened Internet privacy. In doing so, it preserved the privacy of password-protected websites as well as the right to read public sites. The decision followed the arguments made in an amicus brief filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). "A real privacy disaster was averted today," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston, who authored the brief. "The court affirmed important legal protections for truly private websites, and also protected your right to read public content on the Internet without getting sued."
Full story, For the full decision in the case , EFF's Brief
June 1, 2006
http://www.eff.org/

[emcguffie]

39. I couldn't vote.

Got an error message, over and over and over.

kick anyway

[mhatrw]

41. kick