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Websites Throttle FCC Staffers to Protest Gutting of Net Neutrality

May 16, 2014 /

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Various companies and organizations have added code to their websites that kicks in whenever there’s a visit from someone who works at the FCC. While everyone else is enjoying these websites at ordinary broadband speeds, this code ensures that FCC staffers view them at dial-up speeds reminiscent of the 1990s.

‘If it bothers you that I’m doing this, I want to point out that everyone is going to be doing crap like this after the FCC rips apart net neutrality.’

By Robert McMillan

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2014/05/fcc-throttling/

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