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(10,042 posts) Fri May 9, 2014, 11:39 AM May 2014

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Web host gives FCC a 28.8Kbps slow lane in net neutrality protest [View all]

Source: Ars Technica

Lots of people are angry about FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's Internet "fast lane" proposal that would let Internet service providers charge Web services for priority access to consumers. But one Web hosting service called NeoCities isn't just writing letters to the FCC. Instead, the company found the FCC's internal IP address range and throttled all connections to 28.8Kbps speeds.

"Since the FCC seems to have no problem with this idea, I've (through correspondence) gotten access to the FCC's internal IP block, and throttled all connections from the FCC to 28.8kbps modem speeds on the Neocities.org front site, and I'm not removing it until the FCC pays us for the bandwidth they've been wasting instead of doing their jobs protecting us from the 'keep America's internet slow and expensive forever' lobby," NeoCities creator Kyle Drake wrote yesterday.

Drake put his FCC-throttling Nginx code on GitHub for anyone who wants to use it on their own site

Read more: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/web-host-gives-fcc-a-28-8kbps-slow-lane-in-net-neutrality-protest/

Fantastic!

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Web host gives FCC a 28.8Kbps slow lane in net neutrality protest [View all] jayfish May 2014 OP

omg how cool is this leftyohiolib May 2014 #1

Love it! Scuba May 2014 #2

Nice! cornflake_31 May 2014 #3

Excellent idea - I hope it spreads like wildfire including to the companies that are against this newthinking May 2014 #4

Sounds good to me. If it's good enough for us it's good enough for them. hobbit709 May 2014 #5

Aw yeah, return fire! AtheistCrusader May 2014 #6

Bravo, NeoCities! Gidney N Cloyd May 2014 #7

How did this asshole Tom Wheeler get to be Chairman of the FCC??? bvar22 May 2014 #8

Whatcha wanna bet Plucketeer May 2014 #10

He was apointed by President Obama. He serves at Obama's will. Vincardog May 2014 #26

But...but...but... nt Earth_First May 2014 #33

And should be removed at Obamas will quakerboy May 2014 #36

But compromise... middle ground... work together... partisan squabbling... Scootaloo May 2014 #49

It is only small minded "fking idiots" when it is our side. The Owners are always correct. Ever Vincardog May 2014 #53

IF ONLY! Plucketeer May 2014 #9

They would never allow that to happen..... a kennedy May 2014 #20

Is there a second source? Baitball Blogger May 2014 #11

A bit more of his statment from The Consumerist herding cats May 2014 #12

The Ferengi plan - I love it! csziggy May 2014 #22

Gotta be Star Trek Ferengi herding cats May 2014 #24

I totally missed the Latinum reference! csziggy May 2014 #37

Neither have I other than a few episodes here and there. herding cats May 2014 #38

! DeSwiss May 2014 #34

Excellent! progressoid May 2014 #27

Fracking genius. myrna minx May 2014 #41

They should offer the Ferrari plan. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #45

If true, this is brilliant. cbayer May 2014 #13

ROFLMAO dickthegrouch May 2014 #14

never a good idea to piss of people who are very bright dembotoz May 2014 #15

Recommended, even though this is going to hurt me. mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 #16

Hey! What's wrong with 300 baud ? eppur_se_muova May 2014 #17

I remember getting my first 300 baud modem hueymahl May 2014 #23

K&R nt Zorra May 2014 #18

Delightfully wicked! Auggie May 2014 #19

Nice work! BlueJac May 2014 #21

Why not 2 Kbps? Helen Borg May 2014 #25

He should throttle a bunch of members of congress too. progressoid May 2014 #28

Hell, yeah. Throttle all of Wheeler's corporate accomplices, as well. ancianita May 2014 #29

K&R WhiteTara May 2014 #30

28.8Kbps was once a very cool and fast speed nolabels May 2014 #31

Make The 1%--& Their Tools--Feel Our Pain! cer7711 May 2014 #32

K&R! Enthusiast May 2014 #35

FCC-throttling Nginx code on GitHub dogknob May 2014 #39

Love it! peacebird May 2014 #40

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2014 #42

Uncle Joe! Zorra May 2014 #43

Hello, Zorra. Uncle Joe May 2014 #47

Awesome. Don't feign helplessness. Do shit like this. nt GoneFishin May 2014 #44

Throttle anything that comes from a .gov domain. drm604 May 2014 #46

fun idea defacto7 May 2014 #48

Awesome!! yuiyoshida May 2014 #50

Note that this is entirely legal even under net neutrality Recursion May 2014 #51

I dont support "FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's Internet "fast lane" proposal" do you? nm rhett o rick May 2014 #52

I do not, nor do I think most people posting about it remotely understand it Recursion May 2014 #54