#internet slowdown

[fresherbrine]

12/14/2017 The Washington Post: Why Ajit Pai is wrong about net neutrality By Michael J. Socolow

[justnownews]

PTA Blames Submarine Cable for Pakistan's Internet Crisis

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has identified four key factors contributing to the recent internet disruptions across the country. In a briefing to the Lahore High Court, PTA Chairman emphasized that a malfunction in the submarine cable was the primary cause of the widespread internet slowdown.The PTA chairman assured that the issue would be resolved by August 22, 2024. He also…

PTA Blames Submarine Cable for Pakistan's Internet Crisis

[bulldogedition]

Something going on along the east coast today..

[sulantha]

New Post has been published on Tech Reads Now

New Post has been published on http://techreadsnow.com/how-to-make-sure-your-net-neutrality-comment-matters/

How to Make Sure Your Net Neutrality Comment Matters

If you’re in favor of a neutral internet—one that’s doled out equally to everyone, not preferentially to whomever pays the toll—you’ve got a few more hours to do something about it. At least, to do something about it the official way, by submitting a comment to the FCC urging the agency not to overturn net neutrality. Here’s how to yell so that your voice gets heard.

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[romanticmoonchild]

BTW, Google has a petition you can sign for saving net neutrality too.

[savethegeckos]

OKAY NO. THIS INTERET SLOW DOWN THING IS BULLSHIT OKAY. WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF THIS OTHER THAN PISSING PEOPLE THE FUCK OFF

[lbigreyhound13]

Does anyone know what's going on with Net Neutrality? Did the new law go through? Did the protest work?

[funnygeekpics]

So Net Neutrality

Some corporations are asking for impressively big changes to the internet, which would be devastating to an awful lot of people and websites. Basically, if I'm reading it correctly, sites would have to pay [insert company here] in order to load well.  It would open the door to a lot of corruption, and even seems designed for it imho...

SO there is a letter one can sign on this website, and the same website also has resources for calling politicians and stuff. I guess a whole bunch of sites participated in Internet Slowdown Day, too, which KnowYourMeme has written about here. (The one day I'm not on the internet orz ah well.)

As the KnowYourMeme article says, the deadline for sending in letters/calling/etc. is September 15th (this Monday coming up). So, if you want to take action and haven't already, I recommend doing so soon.