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| ^What he said.
If you don't think this is possible or likely, you need to do some reading, and do it quickly. AT&T, BellSouth, and Verizon execs have already said in no uncertain terms that they plan to give priority to sites that they either own, have partnership agreements with, or that pay them for better access. It's been covered on this very site more than a few times. If that isn't enough for you, visit any Internet news site, such as www.news.com, www.wired.com, or slashdot.org and do a search for "network neutrality" or "net neutrality", and you'll have plenty of reading material.
And this won't just mean that a Web site might load a bit slower if they don't pay the telco's extortion. Do you have VoIP service? Well, if it's from an independent provider, it might develop some problems about the time that the telcos roll out their own services. Ditto for online video.
And don't think that this won't also affect cable Internet users. Just because the cablecos have been quiet, don't think they aren't watching closely. |
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