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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. ports Pentagon is sniffing by Psyborgue · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    check out washington post from Friday January 27, 2006. Page A5 top right corner. Look closely at the background. they use Nessus, Ethereal, Nmap, Cain & Abel, Metasploit, Snort and Kismet. They are Snorting bittorrent, smtp, as well as many others. Dubya is a liar and a traitor to the fourth amendment of the constitution forbidding illegal search and seisure.

    1. Re:ports Pentagon is sniffing by Psyborgue · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Right. Forgot to mention the mentioned photo was taken during Dubya's recent tour of the pentagon.

  2. 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.