Important Events From This day in History June 9th

 

1934 USA Donald Duck

1934 : Donald Duck makes his first film appearance, in The Wise Little Hen, a short by Walt Disney.

1973 USA Secretariat Triple Crown Winner

1973 : Secretariat became horse racing's first Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes) winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes. The previous triple crown winner was Citation in 1948.

2006 USA Cope Act

2006 : Congress passes the Cope Act by 321-101 votes. The Cope (Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement) Act is a major overhaul of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 with a large number of changes some good and needed but some which may well cause the largest changes to how we are allowed to use the Internet once we have paid an ISP for a connection. Below I have included the most important part of the act and an example of how I believe it will effect ordinary subscribers and how some subscribers are being affected today.
Network Neutrality - What Is It?
Network Neutrality broadly means that once you have paid for your subcription to the Internet how you use the access is up to you, and all service speeds (the speed a page or download is delivered to your browser) are free and equal of limits via the ISP'S.
What Effect could it have on your Internet Access
The company who provide your Internet Access Could define which VOIP ( Voice Over IP Telephone Service ) i.e. block those they do not supply.
The company who provide your Internet Access could define where you download music or video from.
The company who provide your Internet Access could even in the worst case define which shops were available through your connection and which were not (possibly only companies who payed the ISP would be accessible).
The company who provide your Internet Access could even in the worst case define which search engine you could or could not use.
As you can see unless a form of Network Neutrality is put back in the new bill, the internet we all use could change. Current use of this ending of Network Neutrality is being used by Comcast who are slowing down certain protocols for example the BitTorrent protocol because the BitTorrent protocol is used to transfer large files including full-length videos partly because it competes with the cable company’s own video-on-demand and television offerings.
Current ISP Problems - Like all things there are two sides to any story and currently 10% of subscribers to ISP'S can easily use 60% of the available bandwidth making access slow for the rest of the subscribers. Removing Network Neutrality should not be used as the answer as it could and will be used by some for the monetary gain. If ISP'S wish to address the issue they should begin offering a service which is based on users usage (not how it is used) this would possibly make Internet access cheaper for most placing the cost on the heaviest users.

1930 USA Mobster Hit

1930 : Jake Lingle, a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, was shot and killed today at the Illinois Central train station as part of a gangland hit as the reporter knew to much about the Gangs operating in Chicago.

1943 USA Car Tax Registration

1943 : Automobile Tax Stamps will go on sale tomorrow costing $5.00 all cars must display a tax stamp by July 1st, also all applications for Ration Books 3 must be in the mail by tomorrow.

1943 USA Federal Income Tax Changes

1943 : New laws are passed which require employers to withhold federal taxes from weekly paychecks. This changed the earlier format where taxes were paid in one lump sum at the end of each year, and has been called "Pay As You Go tax."

1953 USA Tornadoes Hit Flint, Michigan

1953 : A series of 6 Tornadoes hit the area of Flint in Michigan and parts of Ohio yesterday killing over 140 people and leaving billions of dollars in property damage, Flint was still trying to clean up after the last series of Tornadoes on May 31 just a few weeks ago.