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Originally Posted by Cyber Fucker
Nice, I wonder what right has USA to decide about the Internet, isn't it world wide good of all nations?  |
Thats the kicker. I bet we will be seeing level3/etc moving corporations over seas so they cannot be controlled by the US gov. More/less the bill targets the "ability" to do this. Though by doing this, shutting off say Verizons backbone for 120 days will put millions and millions and millions of people without internet or tv. Since services like FiOS go over IP they are all screwed. Not to mention the loss of business etc that would stem from this.
All forms of trading would come to a alt, the economy as we know it would come to a stand still because why? Wall street can't operate. Banks can't do their overnight lending. It would crumble everything.
It truly amazes me that the people in DC really just have no clue, they *think* they are doing something good but in reality they have no concept or idea behind anything or how it works, they just go by whoever lobbies the most and pays the most to get the attention before the gov whether they are right _or_ wrong.
Whats even more funny is 90% of the US gov runs over Verizons network, i.e ELAN/TLS/point to point services. Shutting down private and public networks means the gov in essance, shut itself off.