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Old 10-30-2008, 12:28 PM  
Rorschach
So Fucking Banned
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Originally Posted by Martin View Post
I've been following this. The big companies want to scrap Web 1.0 and bring in Web 2.0 and that will mean you pay for your Internet the same way you do for your cable. You'll only be offered packages. You'll pay a certain amount for certain channels. So say you want the myspace, msn, hotmail. Then you'll only have access to those sites. Say you want Face Book, You Tube, Google then you pay for those. That's the way it heading. No more free access to anywhere you want to visit. Also for guys who make websites you're going to have to pay for a permit to publish a website and you'll be put on a sub domain that they own. Crazy shit.
You just described the issue of net neutrality... which is a different issue from this one from what I understand. This is a draconian content restriction technique, for limiting access to porn and terrorism tools to start with, and later it could be applied to any kind of content that the govt deems contrary to the public good... Similar to the great firewall of China.
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