On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, MAX Wireless wrote:
> > FREE INTERNET! WOW! Where do I sign up? With my QWEST charges and my ISP > charges I'm pushing $40 a month. Doesn't look free to me. Well, when we're done, you could move to Cambridge (Mass.) and get Internet access for no charge. But we're not redy yet. In addition, the cost of living is quite high. But of course this is a New York mailing list, so I can assume you're used to that. > In the context of the MoveOn article the word "Free" was meant to convey > "Freedom", as in "Freedom of Speech", not $$$$. Yes yes Freiheit vs. Kostenlos in German. I too am against what Verizon et al are trying to do, but I think the hyperbole coming from some net neutrality people is too extreme. Everyday usage of Google as it exists now will be unfettered. You'd even be able to download videos, etc. Where you would have problems is things like VoIP, and perhaps P2P as well. For these, you'd have to pay more, or pay more to get decent performance. This is annoying, but not really as much of a problem as the precedent is: a slippery slope from 'content provider service enhancements' to punitive classifications for politically or culturally unpopular content (porn, p2p, hate literature). > Btw, heard this morning TV stations are looking to lock the channels on your > TV from being changed when a commercial comes on. But for a fee they'll > allow you to undo the lock. I have very little info on it, just heard it on > CBS radio news this morning. What's the world coming to? 1984 twenty two > years late? The 1984 analogy is overused and inappropriate. Our culture is not so nearly blatant and forceful in its mind control. Forcing you to watch commercials is a far cry from the abuse suffered in 1984. -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
