AT&T to FCC: gaming is not "broadband," but an added service

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 12:58 AM

Join Date: Oct 27, 2007 Post Count: 1396   Regulator 79379 Clan: {TF2F}   "The computer/video game industry is peeved at AT&T for suggesting that real-time gaming isn't a core part of broadband like e-mail and Web browsing, but that it's instead an "aspirational service." [Ars Technica Article] Are we one step closer to tiered internet? Discuss.

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 1:00 AM

Join Date: Oct 12, 2007 Post Count: 3670   kankle king 78269 Steam ID: b_myne Clan: {TF2F}   WTF WTF WTF I will rage. Where's Moby?

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 1:37 AM

Join Date: Oct 21, 2007 Post Count: 2260   [H]oi BoC 78912 Specialty: Sniper Steam ID: Bagofchips   does at&t try to make everyone hat ethem?

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 1:50 AM

Join Date: Oct 26, 2007 Post Count: 966   Echo Mending 79297 Specialty: Heavy Clan: {TF2F}   AT&T can't have my hats

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 1:59 AM

Join Date: Oct 12, 2007 Post Count: 3670   kankle king 78269 Steam ID: b_myne Clan: {TF2F}   "Online video games are a meaningful part of our participative culture. They remove geographic barriers, connecting people from across the country and around the world. They teach cooperation, cultivate leadership skills, and empower users to express their creativity."

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 2:14 AM

Join Date: Oct 21, 2007 Post Count: 2260   [H]oi BoC 78912 Specialty: Sniper Steam ID: Bagofchips   FUCKING NOOBS ON MY TEAM STOP LAGGING YOU GOD DAMN BEANERS oh yeah, good game barriers.

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 2:18 AM

Join Date: Jan 18, 2008 Post Count: 3389   Doc Brown 82264 Clan: {TF2F}   Quote: Originally Posted by kankle king "Online video games are a meaningful part of our participative culture. They remove geographic barriers, connecting people from across the country and around the world. They teach cooperation, cultivate leadership skills, and empower users to express their creativity." BoC said: FUCKING NOOBS ON MY TEAM STOP LAGGING YOU GOD DAMN BEANERS indeed.

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 3:50 AM

Join Date: Apr 03, 2008 Post Count: 2327   Twilight Mage 83994 Steam ID: Twilight Mage   Aren't these the guys that censored /b/?

#  Sep 15, 2009 at 8:14 AM

Join Date: Jul 10, 2008 Post Count: 2124   Jäger Zero 86541 Steam ID: Try the wine.   I'm going right to the core of the discussion. Why does the FCC want to put broadband everywhere and by why right are they doing it?