My Tubes Are Clogged
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in The Nanny State & A Regulated Society
Just in case we weren’t unduly panicking enough over swine flu, we get a silly report like this:
As the spread of the H1N1 flu keeps more Americans away from work and school, a federal report warns that all those people logging on to the Web from home could overwhelm Internet networks.
The Government Accountability Office reported earlier this week that if the flu reaches a pandemic, a surge in telecommuting and children accessing video files and games at home could bog down local networks.
Apparently they are not familiar with weekends. Nor with the typical work habits at your average office.
But hey, let’s give these people greater authority over the internet (net neutrality). What could go wrong?
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