Net Neutrality? Not Now, But Soon.
The Internet has become a battleground lately; instead of fighting over adult content, trademark rights,
search results and market share, the fighting is over the very speed at which you can receive any data.
Recently, Google and Verizon have made a compromise over net neutrality and the eventual rules to follow.
This “regulation” over the way online traffic is handled has divided the internet. Despite the compact made
between Google and Verizon, Facebook, Ebay, Skype and Amazon, have spoken out against the pact, and
stated their unwillingness to accept these new rules.
As part of the new pact, Verizon acknowledged it is prepared to accept restrictions if they would have the freedom to charge Internet companies a surcharge to have their services carried on a new faster channel that would run parallel to the existing Internet.
As a compromise, they would insist upon no restrictions on their ability to block or slow services on their mobile network.
Google however lost some former allies in the longtime campaign for net neutrality.
Google, along with a collection of public interest groups, are part of the Open Internet Coalition.
Google’s partners in this coalition criticized the company for putting together a proposal that they said
betrayed their previously agreed upon net neutrality principles. Amazon and eBay, appeared to be
concerned with the Verizon and Google alliance, but did not make a statement in this regard.
Facebook however has made a point publicly to part ways with Google. In a statement, Facebook, has
suggested that exempting wireless networks from net neutrality rules, is the wrong approach.
This begs the question from some us; what is network neutrality?
To summarize, network neutrality is a principle based on the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs)
should be required to treat all web traffic equally. This means that regardless of content type or origin, there
is no control over the data passing from content providers to end users. ISPs should not block any lawful
content or control their infrastructure to preferentially deal with any kind of data.
Proponents to the regulation say that exponential growth in usage, specifically around video applications,
rising peer-to-peer file sharing, and higher infrastructure costs means their business has become more
costly.
Their argument centers around the ability to control the data rates for the various types of content;
tightening the pipeline for individuals and slowing speeds at particular times, and deciding which content
gets bandwidth preference will allow the delegation of what they deem as more urgent applications.
Opponents to the regulation, contend that everyone has the right to open access to the Internet. They state
their concern that any erosion of net neutrality would usher in an era of tiered service, where
telecommunication companies would monopolize the Internet, and personal users will be throttled down to
dial up speed. The fear is that these same companies would be allowed to strong arm users to pay a
premium for barely usable service and force out any new competition. Most people believe this move
would freeze innovation, and basically create an unnecessary toll system for regulated access, and remove
the freedom that exists online currently.
In addition, many industry groups see any government intervention as the first step toward government
control of the Internet.
The next logical question would seem to be, how will this war end?
Sides have changed since the inception of this idea. For example, Google who was once an advocate of
network neutrality has switched sides with Verizon to embrace a shared vision of control. Their vision of
control does not extend to mobile traffic and certain content that benefits their companies.
Amazingly, and temporarily, the Government has essentially switched sides by calling off negotiations for
the time being. The FCC stated they did not feel the framework was properly in place to preserve the
freedom of the Internet as it exists.
A truce it seems, is the end of the discussion for now, but rest assured this issue is far from over.
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How to access blocked websites
Countries like Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia are constantly blocking websites like Blogspot, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and even Google, but if you have the right knowledge you can easily access blocked websites. Now we don’t mean to say that you break the law of the country and get arrested or something; just be careful, and don’t get caught because these autocratic governments can be really dangerous.
On lighter side, you may also need to access blocked websites at school, college or office.
The most prevalent way of accessing blocked websites is using proxy servers. Normally when you surf the web you do it through some designated server provided to you by your ISP. Instead, you can use a proxy server. A proxy server acts as an intermediary between and lets you browse even blocked websites if these websites are cleared by the proxy server.
It’s very easy to use a proxy server. Simply go to its website and type in the URL you want to visit. Here’s a list of some good proxy servers:
http://www.hidemyass.com
http://www.anonymizer.com
http://www.ultrareach.net
http://surfshield.net
http://anonymouse.ws/anonwww.html
http://www.browser-x.com
http://www.spysurfing.com
http://www.xerohour.org/hideme
http://www.proxyz.be
https://www.proxify.us
http://www.proxify.net
http://www.unipeak.com
http://flyproxy.com
http://alienproxy.com
http://proxify.com/
http://www.unfilter.net
http://www.proxymouse.com
http://www.surfonym.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxy
http://www.superproxy.be/browse.pl
http://www.websiteguru.com/mrnewguy
http://www.letsproxy.com
http://www.fsurf.com
http://www.myfreeproxy.com
http://www.gezcem.com/nph-proxy.pl.old
http://mpleger.de
http://indianproxy.com
http://www.letmeby.com
http://Boredatschool.net
http://www.ibypass.org
http://www.ipzap.com/
https://proxify.biz
http://kproxy.com/index.jsp
http://www.attackcensorship.com/attack-censorship.html
http://mrnewguy.com
http://www.proxify.info
http://www.torify.com
http://www.switchproxy.com
http://www.proxifree.com
http://www.secure-tunnel.com/
http://www.nomorelimits.net
http://www.proxify.de
http://www.bywhat.com
http://www.snoopblocker.com
http://www.anonymizer.ru
http://www.proxyking.net/
http://www.perlproxy.com
http://www.proxylord.com
http://tntproxy.com
http://satanproxy.com
http://zombieinvasion.info
http://demonproxy.com
http://www.evilsprouts.co.uk/defilter
All might not be working but many do.
There are other ways too that sometimes you can employ to access blocked websites in your location. Some of them are mentioned below:
- Use Google Cache. This way you don’t have to directly visit the website. Just go to Google, or even Yahoo! Search for that matter, and search for the domain name. Its cached version might appear. The downside is that since it’s the cached version, you won’t be able to access latest content.
- Use a short URL redirection service. There are hordes of URL shortcut services these days, the most famous is tinyurl.com. Go there, enter the URL you want to visit, shorten it, copy it, paste it into the location bar of your browser, and you might be able to go to the blocked website.
- Use IP address instead of the URL. If the website is being blocked by using its URL, something like facebook.com, find out the IP address (go to the command prompt and simply run “ping facebook.com” — without quotes — and you’ll know the IP address) and simply type the IP address into the location bar and press Enter.
- Use Google translate tool as a proxy server.
Have some more tips on how to access blocked websites? Please share them in the comments section.
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