{"id":23821,"date":"2015-02-27T14:47:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T22:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=23821"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:54:56","slug":"translating-morse-code-for-verizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/translating-morse-code-for-verizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating Morse Code for Verizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, the FCC announced that it would be reclassifying internet service providers as Title II utilities<\/a>. Net neutrality has been a topic of great debate over the last few months, and while many people are excited about the change, there is also some dissent. Verizon for their part, looked to the past, claiming that the FCC is going back to 1930\u2019s technology, by posting their official response to the FCC in Morse Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We appreciate the humor in their approach, but we think they severely limited the possibility of having their message read and appreciated. We\u2019d like to help. We\u2019ve taken the liberty of translating their Morse Code encoded message into a language that is more common among the millions of people whose careers are built on the internet. The Verizon point of view in Klingon:<\/p>\n

\"Verizon_Klingon\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hopefully this won\u2019t turn into an intergalactic incident, but we\u2019re excited to see how the new internet rules will play out!<\/p>\n

LLAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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