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 ·AT&T Southeast
2 edits | Re: And the Greedy get greedier,.... said by jp10558  :Yeah, but will Bell South just outright block access to sites that don't want to pay? Plus, as a customer, isn't there an implicit problem here? That your access could be faster with the plan you've got, but they don't make it faster? Isn't that basically hurting you? Don't you expect your ISP to make every effort to make your internet experiance the best it can be? I mean, why go with someone who not only is intentionally mediocre, but advertises that fact? From the article:
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But Smith was quick to say that Internet service providers should not be able to block or discriminate against Web content or services by degrading their performance.
As it stands, the only thing I'm getting from this article is that Bellsouth wants to set up a payment option that internet services could pay to promote their site by giving them faster speeds. They didn't say they would restrict websites, b/c right now, they could if they wanted. They merely are trying to find a way to rack in some cash and what better way than to have companies pay you so their site loads faster than the other.
As it stands though, I see nothing in the article that screams "Bloody murder! I must cancel my service that is working exactly as it says it would!"
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Plus, as a customer, isn't there an implicit problem here? That your access could be faster with the plan you've got, but they don't make it faster? Isn't that basically hurting you? Don't you expect your ISP to make every effort to make your internet experiance the best it can be?
As it stands, all services in the US and many countries don't exactly try to live up to the best they can be. I was at 3.0 spds last year, while they could have given me my current 6.0 spds multiple years ago. It's not some unknown fact, b/c every year there are at least 2 companies upping their speeds and we read about it and argue about it right on these very forums. Do I want the best service possible? Heck yeah, but so does everyone and no one is getting it nor will anyone get it unless everyone in the whole USA decides to cancel their internet service all at once and demand the best service possible. |
