China Demands Real Names From Mobile Phone Users

itwbennett writes "Starting this month, mobile carriers in China are requiring people who set up new mobile phone accounts to register with their real names as part of a new government measure to reduce anonymity among the country's 800 million mobile users. And within 3 years, the carriers must also register the real identities of all existing users, said China Telecom spokesman Xu Fei. The new policy comes as China has been pushing users to register with their real names online. In August, online gamers had to begin real-name registration under regulations that are meant to protect minors from Internet addiction and 'unhealthy' content."

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Re:Nothing new...

[LingNoi]

So let me get this right...

Instead of agreeing with me, coming to the conclusion that ISPs should simply stop using the 'unlimited' slogan you go on a long winded rant about how I should stop being so rational and accept the fact that ISPs should be able to lie as much as they want in their marketing campaigns.

If ISPs are tired of users using their bandwidth then simply restrict it and offer different pricing schemes.

and if this continues they will institute caps on everyone and people won't be free to use a lot of bandwidth now

Good that's exactly what needs to happen because right now people aren't getting what they pay for. A lot less in fact.