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Pay-to Play and the Tiered Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Crash24 writes "According to an article at The Nation, "industry planners are mulling new subscription plans that would further limit the online experience, establishing "platinum," "gold" and "silver" levels of Internet access that would set limits on the number of downloads, media streams or even e-mail messages that could be sent or received." " Tiered internet service may be inevitable folks. Brace yourself.

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  1. Re:Accepted by the Masses? by stupidfoo · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do you believe the words you say? Or are you just so blindly anti-Bush that anything that goes along with your warped worldview makes sense, as long as it reflects negatively on the current administration?

  2. Re:Price Fixing? by cmdr_beeftaco · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I think Bobby Knight had it right when he said "if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it."