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ISPs Race to Create Two-Tiered Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the guess-which-tier-you'll-be-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The ISP race toward a two-tiered Internet is picking up speed. This article from Michael Geist points to a wide range of examples involving packet preferencing, content blocking, traffic shaping, and public musings about premium charges for faster content downloads. ISPs are now reducing access to peer-to-peer applications, blocking Skype, and, scariest of all, lobbying Congress to let them do it."

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  1. Imminent death of the Net predicted by winkydink · · Score: 1, Funny

    Film at 11.

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  2. Well... by aug24 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...something's blocking access to the story. (Millions of other slashdotters most likely.)

    Justin.

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    You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me.
    1. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      To all the people who need to feed their self esteem by going into a forum and saying "WebsiteX.com had this story three days ago", you are a sad, sad lot. If WebsiteX.com is so very great, why are you here? And what is the view like from under your bridge anyway?

  3. It has already started: by acoustix · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.michaelgeist.ca."

    See, they're blocking me already!!!!

    -Nick

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    "A plan fiendishly clever in its intricacies"- Homer Simpson
  4. Two tier internet by thewiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds to me like they want our virtual lives to reflect our real lives: rich vs. poor.
    And who said we have a classless system?

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    If "disco" means "I learn" in Latin, does "discothèque" mean "I learn technology"?
    1. Re:Two tier internet by stud9920 · · Score: 2, Funny
      And who said we have a classless system?
      People who introduced CIDR back in the early 1990s.
  5. Re:./ed by Namronorman · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't see the article because they don't want you to see the article!

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    Tomorrow has been canceled due to lack of interest.
  6. Re:Yay!! by JWW · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could worse grammar and speling I had in that last sentance?

    Sorry about that. Grammar Nazis need not reply, I know that was horrible.

  7. Re:Two word solution! by hswerdfe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey Wow

    wouldn't it be Great if an Infrastructure based industry like Telecom, Roads, Internet.
    worked the same as a commodity based industry like, pc's, or cloths.

    I know lets pretend the economics of one apply blindly to the other...

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    --meh--
  8. Careful now... by killmenow · · Score: 2, Funny
    Shitty, largely indistinguishable, highly derivative repackagings of the same generic crap from one or two sources.
    ...you're getting a little too close to describing Linux, there!

    I keed! I keed!! Long Live Linux!!!
  9. Re:Yay!! by jred · · Score: 2, Funny

    You. Bastard.

    Next you'll be saying you were forced to ogle hot Japanese chicks.

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    jred
    I'm not a mechanic but I play one in my garage...
  10. Re:To whomever downmodded the parent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I usually mod the truth as -1, Redundant.

    With love,
    Darl McBride