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Posted on October 20, 2009 | tags

 
 

Tech: With net neutrality, could tiered internet make a comeback?

  • ISPs who can’t cap bandwidth may charge for traffic. With net neutrality looking more and more likely by the day, we may find ourselves returning to the days of paying for traffic based on usage. Consumers don’t want it, but companies like Time Warner and Comcast say that the cost of bandwidth, mixed with heavy usage of BitTorrent or popular video sites, may force it. We think that it’s probably going to happen, simply because they can’t fight the tide of Hulu forever. source
 

4 Responses to With net neutrality, could tiered internet make a comeback?

  1. neko says:

    it just makes more sense to treat inter­net like a utility. the water company doesn’t cap your pressure, why should ISPs cap your speed.

  2. The Dharmatist says:

    In most cases, the water company doesn’t lease that water from another company, either. What we need is a nation­al­iza­tion of ISPs. Web 2.0 was the social Inter­net, Web 3.0 can be the social­ist Internet.

  3. neko says:

    it just makes more sense to treat inter­net like a utility. the water company doesn’t cap your pressure, why should ISPs cap your speed.

  4. The Dharmatist says:

    In most cases, the water company doesn’t lease that water from another company, either. What we need is a nation­al­iza­tion of ISPs. Web 2.0 was the social Inter­net, Web 3.0 can be the social­ist Internet.

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