Re: It's Official: Sen. Ted Stevens Has No Idea How The Internet Works

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 6/29/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Un-freekin'-believable.
>
> And this is the guy spear-heading the new telecom reform legislation?
>
> You've got to read/hear this to believe it.
>
> Ryan Singel writes over on 27B Stroke 6:
>
> [snip]
>
> The Senate Commerce Committee deadlocked 11 to 11 on an amendment
> inserting some very basic net neutrality provisions into a moving
> telecommunications bill. The provisions didn't prohibit an ISP from
> handling VOIP faster than emails, but would have made it illegal to
> handle its own VOIP packets faster than a competitor's.
>
> Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explained why he voted against the
> amendment and gave an amazing primer on how the internet works.
>
> [snip]

You see the Internet is just a bunch of Tubes, kinda like how George
Jetson gets around.
Like this:
http://www.levysoft.it/images/p576_futurama_tube.jpg
Or this:
http://tfp.killbots.com/xpicons/fug91/tn/063_amy-tube.png


And when the Internet gets full, well its kinda like this:
http://tfp.killbots.com/xpicons/fug91/tn/033_hermes-amy.png

You dont want your Internet to be like THAT do ya?

-JP<who doesnt want his internet to be like that>
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