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Re: Maybe... Blocking technology will not be allowed by the FCC, as evidenced by the FCC coming down on the ISPs that started doing such early in the year.
What will happen is that our ISP bills will start mirroring cell phone bills; allowed a certain amount of bandwidth per month and any overage you pay for. I can see Verizon Wireless Broadband to be the first to instill such a plan.
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Ashburn, VA | said by chaser7016 :
Blocking technology will not be allowed by the FCC, as evidenced by the FCC coming down on the ISPs that started doing such early in the year.
What will happen is that our ISP bills will start mirroring cell phone bills; allowed a certain amount of bandwidth per month and any overage you pay for. I can see Verizon Wireless Broadband to be the first to instill such a plan.
Chaser
And then the one company that offers unlimited bandwidth will enjoy AOL like success. Remember all the trouble AOL caused when they offered unlimited dial-up service for a standard price? Nobody could connect and those that did had to find clever ways to keep their connection alive for 24 hours or they would have to fight millions of others for the limited, oversold connections all over again.
In the end AOL made quite a few new users and a ton of money. Same type of thing will happen if they try and charge us like cell phones. In fact, even cell phone services are changing due to customer demand. |
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The FCC was under Michael Powell when it came down on the ISP. I think its newer director will go with big business. |
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What will happen?? It allready is happening. Back in my home country Ireland there is a transfer per month cap which if you exceed you will be charged per meg. I'm not 100% but I think there are other isp's in the UK doing the same thing |
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