They try this, they won't know what hit them. I like how the article says Canada is a good test case because Canadians are more laissez faire and less politically motivated. Not my experience of Canada so far. They might seem laid back, but poke them with a stick and they're like hornets. And people here seem more reliant on the internet for communication and information than those in countries with greater population density.
Britain would be a better test case. People are less gung ho about new technology & computers there. Except there are 1000s of ISPs, and they all compete to offer more freedom and goodies. And even in Britain, when 3 mobile tried to do this with internet access on their 3G phones in England, it didn't work and they had to open it up so they could compete with Vodafone & O2. AOL died in the UK for much the same reason. Wherever it's tried where there's competition, it won't work. Where I am on Vancouver Island, Telus and Shaw compete pretty aggressively with both rival ADSL & Cable services available to most households. Whoever tries to introduce this kind of bullshit will lose most of their customers to a competitor who offers a better deal. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 22-Jul-08, at 9:56 AM, Adam Quirk wrote: Another doomsday scenario: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20330.htm *Adam Quirk* / Wreck & Salvage <http://wreckandsalvage.com> / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm surprised it got this far as well, but I still worry.....they may > > not be able to block traffic but I do see the day when we are paying > > for what we download and I see the Verizon's, comcast, time warner, > > AT&T etc somehow making their own content exempt from the bandwith > > consumption and making deals with other content providers who only > > produce professional content and that will all but kill user gen > > content.... > > yeah...I probably spoke too soon: > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080716-martin-be-damned- cable-isps-want-network-management-freedom.html > > Jay > > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
