JimFPremium
join:2003-06-15
Allentown, PA | Free market pricing I can't think of any reason that the free market should not decide on the right mix of prices and services on the Internet just like every other part of our economy. The fact that the NY Times is against it just proves what a good idea it is. |
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 viperpa33sWhy Me?Premium
join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL | I am all for a free capitalist society but something what the Telco's want to do I am not all for. Capitalism is about free flow of goods, services and ideas. What the Telco's want to do is restriction, which does not equate to capitalism.
Like I have said before, the Telco's have not guaranteed that your DSL connection will be faster, stable, or anything else with a 2 Tier internet. With a 2 tier internet, the Telco's have not guaranteed they will fix your connection faster if it goes down. In the end, the customers will be paying more for the same or less. Customers will be subjected to restrictions. Customers will be choosing between a free slower than hell website or pay through the roof faster website.
Telco's say they will not block content but restriction is just about the same thing. There just putting a better spin on it to make people think that it is not that bad when in fact it is. |
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 AlpinePremium
join:2000-01-11
Atlanta, GA | said by viperpa33s:In the end, the customers will be paying more for the same or less. Customers will be subjected to restrictions. Customers will be choosing between a free slower than hell website or pay through the roof faster website. Ok - where's your proof? I agree that the idea of a multi-tiered Internet is a little worrisome, but every single hysterical response on this board is made by someone who has no idea what he's talking about.
"Free, slower than hell" vs "pay through the roof faster," huh? Have you seen some sort of white-paper or document explaining how this is going to be implemented? I assume you have since you can make such blanket statements.
In reality, though, we have pretty much zero in the way of hard facts about this. Personally, I'm going to take the sane route - wait and see. Sure, it's good to get discussion going on the pros and cons of this, but the ridiculous babbling here is pitifully uninformed.
I can tell you one thing - no company is going to present a "slower than hell" Internet experience to its users. There would be an uproar and mass defections. It would make no business sense and that's what these companies are - businesses.
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