Series of tubes
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title:
Series of tubes
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"A series of tubes" is a phrase used originally as an analogy by then-United States Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to describe the Internet in the context of opposing network neutrality. On June 28, 2006, he used this metaphor to criticize a proposed amendment to a committee bill. The amendment would have prohibited Internet service providers such as AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon Communications from charging fees to give some companies' data a higher priority in relation to other
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Phrase used by Ted Stevens to describe the Internet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
date created:
2006-07-14T00:13:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T08:33:41Z
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