Vaj wrote: >"The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an >alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and >nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded >service >that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online. > >"Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are >developing strategies that would track and store information on our >every >move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the >scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to >white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and >telecommunications industries, those with the deepest >pockets--corporations, special-interest groups and major >advertisers--would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers >would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while >information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, >could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out. > >"Under the plans they are considering, all of us--from content providers >to individual users--would pay more to surf online, stream videos or >even >send e-mail. Industry planners are mulling new subscription plans that >would further limit the online experience, establishing "platinum," >"gold" >and "silver" levels of Internet access that would set limits on the >number >of downloads, media streams or even e-mail messages that could be >sent or >received." > >Full story at: >http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester > > > You can always figure that the greedy will figure out a way to spoil a good thing. Down with the greedy! Viva la revolution!
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