http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13044046 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:54:55 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:54:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13044843 PDXPLT : Hey,

ISP's see that people are willing to pay per-bit for certain bitstreams. They pay phone companies, or VOIP companies, per-bit for long-distance telephony. They pay cable companies per-bit for video, in the form of "digital cable". So of course alot of them are going to set up these so-called "walled gardens".

Only two things would stop them: competition, or regulation. As others have said, there's little or no broadband competition in most areas. As for regulations, the FCC has issued "voluntary" guidelines against this, but the guidelines have no teeth. With the current let-big-corporations-do-whatever-they-want mindset in D.C., that's not going to change.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13044843 Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:05:16 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13044125 bgraham : Until FIOS appears locally here on long island we don't have many choices plus when one ISP does it so will the competition. I can see the day fast approaching when ISP's like OOL and Verizon only allow their own VOIP and block all others.

Most ISP's want Ma and Pa checking their email, do a bit of online banking and thats all. Block VOIP, cripple Usenet, disconect large downloads every 2 hours... more soon to come...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13044125 Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:28:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13044046 DaveNJ : Okay, i have a choice of isps, why would i pick their over someones with no restrictions ? Even if i dont use high bandwith apps ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13044046 Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:18:42 EDT