I'm a doctor not an IT person but I believe an almost infinite number of technical problems are possible and I know I understand very few of them. With that said, I have a very hard time logging on to this site. Despite it being on my tool bar, it is the only site I have to type in by hand and then wait for, almost every time.
This chronic and vaguely annoying personal experience has kept John McCain's Bill "The internet Fredom Act of 2009" in the forefront of my mind, because if this is my situation now, I can't imagine what it will be like were his bill to be passed.
This is not about my peculiar experience I have a good Mac and I don't care about my internet issues.
I just don't want McCain's bill to pass under the radar and get through while other things are grabbing headlines.
For those who may not know about his lovely little creation (snark), this bill would end the FCC's "net neutrality decision" that has so far said essentially that all sites should be equally accessible by a subscriber. Here's an October Raw story about it. Instead large internet providers could choose what sites they would like to facilitate their subscribers seeing by slowing down the rate at which some site are accessed and speeding up the rate at which others are.
I'm not sure where this legislation is right now - whether it still has the potential to become law or what has happened to it; but as it is a subject of vital concern to all of us, and this site in particular, I'm surprised I don't see it mentioned here more. (I'm hoping that is because it quietly died I wasn't told.)
Here's the link to McCain's site and how he was spinning it back in October
I hope this legislation has died in the Senate. If anyone has any up dates on it I would be happy to hear. Rachel Maddow also did a piece on it back in October. A cursory search of Google did not give me any recent news.
This is not about me, my computer or my experience.
I just don't want McCain's bill to pass under the radar and get through while other things are on the headlines.
Update: Title changed to "Orinoco" suggestion. I found the Shakespearean tone somehow apt. Thank you Orinoco.