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posted by NCommander on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the bit-late-to-the-party dept.

We're a bit late to the party, but for those who haven't seen on the Internet, today is a protest day for Net Neutrality, where sites across the internet are disrupting their normal operations to get the word out and get people to send a message. Ars Technica already has a fairly decent summary of who's doing what, and we stand with them and the rest of the Internet.

Due to real life issues, I was late on getting this together, but for the rest of the day, this article will remain on the top of the page and we will be blacking the theme of the site in protest [Technical issues among others precluded our doing so today --martyb].

If you're a US citizen, and want to get the word out, check Battle for the Net, and get the word out. In addition, there are long discussions going on reddit and other sites throughout the internet

Let's get the word out!

~ NCommander

 
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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:09PM (5 children)

    by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:09PM (#538296) Homepage Journal

    I understand your feelings. However, I will never stand with AT&T. Ever.

    They are scum, pure and simple. And it's nothing new. They were scum before the break up [wikipedia.org], and they have continued to be so every since.

    After they slammed [wikipedia.org] me back in 1999 or 2000, I swore I'd never give them a dime.

    They need to be nuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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  • (Score: 2) by NCommander on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:11PM (4 children)

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:11PM (#538299) Homepage Journal

    Nitpicking: Ma Bell itself is dead. What is AT&T now is because Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC) which was one of the baby bells, bought up most of the other baby bells, the name AT&T. They're not the same company.

    And yes, for the most part, I agree with you. I'm just old enough to remember the era when New York still had its baby bells (NYNEX and Bell Atlantic), and those merged to become Verizon.

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    • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:30PM

      by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:30PM (#538311) Homepage Journal

      Nitpicking: Ma Bell itself is dead. What is AT&T now is because Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC) which was one of the baby bells, bought up most of the other baby bells, the name AT&T. They're not the same company.

      And yes, for the most part, I agree with you. I'm just old enough to remember the era when New York still had its baby bells (NYNEX and Bell Atlantic), and those merged to become Verizon.

      Fair enough. At the same time, they're clearly cut from the same cloth.

      And yes, NYNEX was terrible! I didn't really interact with Bell Atlantic (although, I understand they were somewhat better than NYNEX).

      Verizon picked up the ball from NYNEX and has elevated incompetence to high art.

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    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:51PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:51PM (#538326)

      You forgot GTE [teletruth.org].

      Today, because of numerous mergers, there are only 4 Bells:

      • BellSouth
      • SBC Communications, which owns Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Ameritech, SNET
      • Verizon, which owns Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, and GTE
      • Qwest, which now owns US West

      [...]

                Two Bell Companies Escaped

      Cincinnati Bell and Southern New England Telephone (SNET) were both spun off after the break-up. However, SNET was recently a[c]quired by SBC Communications.

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by NCommander on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:42PM (1 child)

        by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:42PM (#538369) Homepage Journal

        I was speaking from personal experience. I don't remember GTE as a kid, but I primarily grew up in NYC and Westchester where it was NYNEX and BellAtlantic primarily. GTE based on Google had more of the rest of the state.

        GTE itself wasn't a baby bell, it was one of the few independent companies in that era that could go head to head with the Bell System in its markets.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @02:46AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @02:46AM (#538524)

          Right, GTE wasn't a Baby Bell. When Bell Atlantic gobbled up GTE, the two became Verizon. Just picking a nit. :)