DrModem
Premium
join:2006-10-19
USA
1 edit |  No, Just No.
Keep your money-grubbing bandwidth-capping refusing-to-abandon-ancient-technologying hands off my house! |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Don't forget data-mining.
There's a lot of interest in knowing what you watch, utility consumption, what's in your fridge, etc.
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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nothing00
join:2001-06-10
Annapolis, MD
| Oh goodie - imagine the bills!
If a telco or cable provider starts offering these services we'll see line items like:
Services:
$0.96 First lighting device
$0.20 Initial lighting managed device fee
$0.74 Additional lighting device
$0.10 Managed device fee
$1.06 First refrigeration device
$0.20 Initial refrigeration managed device fee
...
Taxes and fees:
$3.62 Federal utility interconnection recovery fee
$1.24 Regulatory utility interconnection fund
...
And just think of all the additional fees they'll be able to tack onto existing TVs! This sounds great! |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | you forgot the per ip fees. |
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ropeguru
Premium
join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
clubs:
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1 edit | reply to en102
Re: No, Just No.
said by en102  :Don't forget data-mining. There's a lot of interest in knowing what you watch, utility consumption, what's in your fridge, etc. And with the RFID technology out there being stuck to all kinds of products, primarily for inventory purposes when in the store, they could easily track most anything.
Before you know it, they will be putting nanoid's in food so they can track your digestive system and try to sell you Pepto-Bismol. |
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