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Pay-to Play and the Tiered Internet

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 Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 0, Troll

    The same government that "blasts" them for censorship, is encouraging US companies to send jobs and money to China. It's a pretty mixed message.