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Verizon's Diabolical Plan to turn the Web into pay-per-view
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 45581443:MV8yMzU1NTM5XzQwMjQ1OTQxXzVGM0JBMzNE] Probably this is not a wise thing to say publicly, but look at the history of things. When the internet gets overblow, oversold, over-commercialized, and over-patrolled, it's only natural that an alternative would eventually replace it. What we need is a 100% new, open standard, overhauled framework that enforces privacy and availability of all content. Delivery would be the big issue, as the current methods and lines are all owned by corporations. Probably radio or satellite will be the only logical choice. I love the internet, but I suspect it's days are numbered in the form it is now. People will always produce a new, better alternative when the current choice becomes undesirable. And yes, I am a programmer and web designer, and I realize that what I am saying would involve [i]tremendous[/i] effort to accomplish ;) [/quote]
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"Think of all the things that tick you off about cable TV. Along with brainless programming and crummy customer service, the very worst aspect of it is forced bundling. You can't pay just for the couple of dozen channels you actually watch. Instead, you have to pay for a couple of hundred channels, because the good stuff is scattered among a number of overstuffed packages.
Now, imagine that the Internet worked that way. You'd hate it, of course. But that's the direction that Verizon, with the support of many wired and wireless carriers, would like to push the Web. That's not hypothetical. The country's No. 1 carrier is fighting in court to end the Federal Communications Commission's policy of Net neutrality, a move that would open the gates to a whole new -- and wholly bad -- economic model on the Web."
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