It's Official: Sen. Ted Stevens Has No Idea How The Internet Works

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Un-freekin'-believable.

And this is the guy spear-heading the new telecom reform legislation?

You've got to read/hear this to believe it.

Ryan Singel writes over on 27B Stroke 6:

[snip]

The Senate Commerce Committee deadlocked 11 to 11 on an amendment
inserting some very basic net neutrality provisions into a moving
telecommunications bill. The provisions didn't prohibit an ISP from
handling VOIP faster than emails, but would have made it illegal to
handle its own VOIP packets faster than a competitor's.

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explained why he voted against the
amendment and gave an amazing primer on how the internet works.

[snip]

I'm simply... dumbfounded.

More here:
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1512499

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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