Re: Should Netflix and Hulu give you emergency alerts?

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

What specific regulations do you feel were onerous and unnecessary with
respect to VOIP? (This is a legitimate question, not a trolling attempt. )

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 5:36 PM Matt Hoppes <
mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net> wrote:

> No. Please no. We need less regulation. Not more.
>
> VoIP started out the same way. Very simple to start offering voip. Worked
> well. Then the government got involved. Now it’s a mess of requirements,
> warnings and reporting.
>
> > On Mar 8, 2019, at 5:22 PM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
> https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/tech/emergency-alert-netflix-hulu-streaming/index.html
> > New York (CNN Business) The federal emergency alert program was designed
> decades ago to interrupt your TV show or radio station and warn about
> impending danger — from severe weather events to acts of war.
> > But people watch TV and listen to radio differently today. If a person
> is watching Netflix, listening to Spotify or playing a video game, for
> example, they might miss a critical emergency alert altogether.
> > "More and more people are opting out of the traditional television
> services," said Gregory Touhill, a cybersecurity expert who served at the
> Department of Homeland security and was the first-ever Federal Chief
> Information Security Officer. "There's a huge population out there that
> needs to help us rethink how we do this."
> > [...]