Dakota1991
@charter.com
| Not what we're paying for
It's one thing for an ISP to sell what you're doing to third parties in order to flood you with ads, if the advertisers are paying for your Internet connection. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm paying Charter nearly $55/month for Internet service. For my payment, I expect Charter to provide me with reliable Internet access and nothing more. If they want to sell my data to someone else, they should reduce or eliminate the money I have to pay them each month.
I wonder how Charter would feel if they paid someone to paint their building and without their knowledge or permission, the painter "sold" the rights to advertisers to put their ads on Charter's building (without compensation to Charter). I don't think Charter would appreciate that, but that is exactly what they're doing to us. Unfortunately, where I live it's either Charter or nothing.
The bigger problem we have in the U.S. is that there are very few laws that protect the average citizen. Companies are permitted to collect any data on us that they desire and to resell that data to anyone they want. In most cases, we not only have no control over our own data, but we don't even know who has it or how (or even if) they protect it. It's no wonder that identity theft is the fastest growing crime in this country. It would be nice if Congress worked to protect the rights of the citizens, but it seems like they only work for the big corporations and their lobby machines. It's all about making as much money you can and the hell with who gets hurt in the process. |
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JohnQPublic
Premium
join:2002-03-22
Xanadu
| It's ironic you bring up the payment issue.
I was just thinking a few moments ago that it won't be long before some of the marketing geniuses at the ISPs (telcos and cable companies) cook up some clever marketing gimmick making it appear to be a value-added service. You'll see a line item charge any month now.
You can take that to the bank. |
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Millenniumle
join:2007-11-11
Fredonia, NY | reply to Dakota1991
What is even better is if you add NebuAd ads to a subscriber charged by the byte. What an ISP hoot!! |
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