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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. Bronze, the other metal by SQLz · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "platinum," "gold" and "silver"

    As a firm supporter of bronze, I'm shocked and appauled it was left out. Thank you for your time.