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Enough said.

Credit to digg.com
Toungy
Do I get this straight? You pay $50 to view 2000 different websites, and the others don't work? blink.gif
Stobbo
QUOTE(Toungy @ Sep 21 2007 at 09:23 PM) *
Do I get this straight? You pay $50 to view 2000 different websites, and the others don't work? blink.gif

Possibly. Or Google might pay your ISP to have a faster connection than another websites.

Heres a wiki on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality
Bob-sama
And what company is doing this? Those packages are ripoffs--in any book!
man
QUOTE(Bob-sama @ Sep 22 2007 at 02:20 PM) *
And what company is doing this? Those packages are ripoffs--in any book!


It's hypothetical.
AndrewNoNumbers
Wait that's just a mock up right? Phew.. I almost thought tiered internet is already upon us... rolleyes.gif
Bub
I don't want it to happen, but isn't this sort of thing happening for Internet inevitable? They do this with Cable TV.

If you can't access limewire.com, you can't download the P2P program, so you can't download music or movies through P2P... I think it's going to happen. slanty.gif
Stobbo
QUOTE(Bub 5000 @ Sep 22 2007 at 08:44 PM) *
I don't want it to happen, but isn't this sort of thing happening for Internet inevitable? They do this with Cable TV.

If you can't access limewire.com, you can't download the P2P program, so you can't download music or movies through P2P... I think it's going to happen. slanty.gif

I think it is going to happen too, whether it works is a different matter.
Raz
I'm sure there will still be some providers who give unlimited access. I mean there has to be someone who's smart enough to know if this happened to most providers that giving unlimited access would get him a lot of customers.
Stobbo
QUOTE(Raz @ Sep 22 2007 at 10:30 PM) *
I'm sure there will still be some providers who give unlimited access. I mean there has to be someone who's smart enough to know if this happened to most providers that giving unlimited access would get him a lot of customers.

However, I am sure you would pay a premium for having unlimited access - but then I wouldn't mind paying a premium. tongue.gif
Toungy
The internet isn't television, millions of sites are created on a yearly basis, television gains only a couple. It's nearly impossible to make a selection of sites and still call it the 'internet'.

Besides, you don't need an ISP to have an internet connection. It's possible to hook yourself up to the internet, though very hard, it does proove that it's nearly impossible to limit which sites people visit.
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