Quote:
Originally Posted by dksuddeth
This is not really true. You can replace the current set of tubes but it takes a medium to large group of people in many areas to do. I've talked to my surrounding neighbors about the idea of getting off of cable internet and getting our own T1 line that we'd split off. House the router and switch in my home (IT Guru) and run cable or wireless to each neighbors home. Then team up with other groups across the country and make your IP tunnels.
viola, private networks all run together.
|
Tangent: I don't really see what you're getting at here.
The modern day internet exists as an amalgamation of hundreds of privately owned networks. It's evolved into it's current form over two decades with billions of dollars invested. You can't simply replace that by having a couple of subdivisions set up their own intranets.
Also, T carriers for trunk lines are obsolete. If you were going to go through with this monumentally stupid idea, you might as well run some fibre.
ACTA is a monstrosity, plain and simple. It uses the 'OMG Piracy!' trope to further tip the balance in the favour of corporate interests. In case anyone's forgotten who we're dealing with here, these are the same people who
sued a shop assistant for singing while she worked.
Everyone should be writing their congressperson/member of parliament/appropriate elected official on this issue. It is definitely a Big Deal.
Regarding bittorrent, you really can't go after it. First of all, it's a protocol. You can't sue a protocol, since it's merely a description of how to do something. You could hypothetically try to sue the people who designed the protocol, but the damage has already been done. Aside from that, legislating how people can use the internet is a dangerous precedent.
Bittorrent does have a number of legitimate applications. The protocol itself is used to distribute free software, videos and music, and copycats are used for things like patch distribution (as any WoW user can tell you).
You can use a hammer to kill a man. The solution is to go after the people who do the killing, not ban the hammers.