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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by wickawic on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:45PM (#15910986)
What people do and what is legislated are two different things. The point is that with a law on the books you can fight about your SMTP connection being closed, but without the law then there is no framework to even complain.
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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by mehrdadn on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @07:54PM (#15911033)
> What people do and what is legislated are two different things. The point is that with a law on the books you can fight about your SMTP connection being closed, but without the law then there is no framework to even complain.

That seems orthogonal to my comment. I was responding to the parent comment on what net neutrality even is, not trying to debate its merits.

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