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Verizon just got caught lying their pants off about purposely slowing Netflix speeds

P.M. RoanhouseJuly 18, 2014

Culture / Internet Services

American multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company Level3, is siding with Netflix in posting a letter from Level3’s Mark Taylor. In it they show how Verizon has just opened itself up to a world of hurt. It goes to show proof that Verizon is purposely throttling Netflix’s service to end customers who are on Verizon. This is something big, proof […]

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wants to kill the FCC, network neutrality, & municipal broadband

P.M. RoanhouseJuly 16, 2014January 31, 2015

Culture / Internet Culture / Tech Politics

UPDATE: The Hill reports that the Republican run House, in a vote of 223-200, has approved Rep. Blackburn’s proposed fcc gutting amendment. It would still need Senate approval to become law, and will most likely be vetoed by the president still. Even so House Republicans are using this as a knife to kill network neutrality and any sort of protective […]