| reply to Matt
Re: The pipe I agree completely and that is kind of my point.
AOL failed because the consumer had a choice to either deal with their "throttling" and "counting" or go to an ISP that gave you the whole internet for the same cost.
This current path will begin to make it a walled off internet like AOL. Sure you will still have access, but it is at their discretion and with any surcharges they apply. Toss in that they are pretty much shielded from consumers going to a competitor because in broadband there really is no competition to speak of. And if they are all doing it, there certainly is no incentive to go from one to another anyway. |
