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Originally Posted by Robbie
My question would be (and has been): Why didn't the ISP's do all of that before 2015?
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Robbie, they were doing this before 2015.
Remember the ISIS payment system? AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile all owned shares in the ISIS payment system. They blocked Google Wallet because it was competition.
Verizon blocks Google Wallet - Dec. 6, 2011
Imagine one day you wake up and a tool you use every day is no longer working because one company decided it was competing with their product, so they blocked access. Don't think they didn't happen? At one point, AT&T forced Apple to block Skype calls.
Group asks FCC to probe iPhone Skype restrictions | Fortune
The software we use, the services we pay for like Netflix, and even websites we visit might be decided by your ISP. Imagine you wake up one day and the software you've been using for years is no longer available because your cable company has a competing product. Don't tell me it won't happen - it already has.
What happens when AT&T decides Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon Video uses too much of it's network's bandwidth and disallows them or charges them to allow their customers to use bandwidth? I can't change from AT&T; I don't get to choose who my upstream carrier is. Suddenly I can no longer use websites and services I use every day? It's already happened - and clearly the cost will be passed down to us..
comcast-netflix-deal | Time
Think about what this is going to do for innovation Robbie.... What happens when someone makes a new payment system or chat system that your ISP doesn't like? They just shut it down so it never sees the light of day.
Everyone is against this yet they did it anyhow.
How is this good for the consumer? How is this good for anyone except for big companies that will now get to pick and choose what software, services, and products we can use on the Internet?