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

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

    Justin.

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  2. 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
  3. 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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  4. 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.

  5. 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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