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2012: Free Internet Ends - unless we fight for "net neutrality"

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« on: July 02, 2008, 02:54:18 pm »

2012: Free Internet Ends - unless we fight for "net neutrality"

Every significant Internet provider around the globe is currently in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium: no more freedom, you pay for a small commercial package of sites you can visit and you'll have to pay for seperate subscriptions for every site that's not in the package.



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http://miami.indymedia.org/news/2008/06/11229.php
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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2008, 08:53:32 pm »

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/06/a-net-neutralit.html
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2008, 09:26:56 am »

I hope it truly is a conspiracy theory.
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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2008, 10:27:32 am »

NOOOOOO! that would suck.... i am addicted to facebook and forums....
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« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 12:50:10 pm »

It's illegal in this country to restrict access to websites...except for things like child ****.

However, ISPs can slow down sites, like Comcast was doing with Bit Torrent.
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