{"id":6225,"date":"2015-06-29T08:49:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T08:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/matthewzeitlin\/verizon-morse-code"},"modified":"2015-06-29T08:49:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T08:49:25","slug":"morse-code-vs-typewriter-which-angry-verizon-net-neutrality-rant-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/6225","title":{"rendered":"Morse Code Vs. Typewriter: Which Angry Verizon Net Neutrality Rant Wins?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe telecommunications giant is not happy about today’s FCC vote approving strict new regulations on internet providers.<\/b> But the result is a couple of amusing press releases.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n2.<\/span> Verizon is not happy about today’s FCC vote<\/a> to treat broadband internet as a public utility, just like telephone lines.<\/h2>\t
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In response, Verizon argued that the rules being applied were outdated relics from a previous communications era and would regulate the internet like the early telephone networks of the 1930s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n3.<\/span> After today’s vote, Verizon put out two official replies: one in morse code<\/a> and one using a type writer font and dated “1934” instead of “2015.”<\/a> The Communiations Act, which gives the FCC the authority to reclassify broadband, was written in 1934.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
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\n4.<\/span> First, the morse code.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Verizon \/ Via publicpolicy.verizon.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
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Here’s what Verizon’s Morse code FCC response actually says:<\/p>\t\t— rh_brown (@Rich Brown)\t\t<\/a>\t<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n6.<\/span> And the old-timey typewriter.<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Verizon \/ Via publicpolicy.verizon.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
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\n7.<\/span> Is this a cringeworthy attempt reduce a crucial public policy debate down to gimmicky press releases? Sure. But it’s also reflective of a fight where one of the deadliest weapons was a viral video.<\/h2>\t
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John Oliver’s net neutrality bit led to so many comments<\/a> that the FCC’s commenting system broke down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n9.<\/span> And net neutrality supporter Keith Ellison, a Democratic congressman, contributed a vine of him singing and dancing in celebration. (Twitter, which owns Vine, supports the net neutrality rules<\/a>).<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
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\n11.<\/span> And as pointed out here, this fight marks the rise of the internet as a mainstream political issue<\/a>. So, in the spirit of the battle, we ask:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
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      Morse Code Vs. Typewriter: Which Angry Verizon Net Neutrality Rant Wins?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t
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          SHARE YOUR VOTE!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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          \t\t\tVIEW RESULTS<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/i>GO BACK AND VOTE<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>

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          The telecommunications giant is not happy about today’s FCC vote approving strict new regulations on internet providers. But the result is a couple of amusing press releases. View this image › Paul J. Richards \/ Getty Images 2. Verizon is not happy about today’s FCC vote to treat broadband internet as a public utility, just … Continue reading Morse Code Vs. Typewriter: Which Angry Verizon Net Neutrality Rant Wins?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3395,3396],"class_list":["post-6225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","tag-john-oliver","tag-verizon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/14355497675005-morse-code-vs-typewriter-which-angry-verizon-net--2-28731-1424985190-14_dblbig.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}