A federal appeals court has struck down Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) from restricting access to legal Web content.I know a number of people who have kept their broadband service but have dumped their cable TV service. If it is now legal for ISPs to restrict traffic, I bet that the very first thing they will do is crack down on Netflix, and then, Hulu Plus.
Between Netflix and Hulu, you'd pay about $16 per month to have access to damn near everything that's on TV. That's opposed to the $70-$100+ you'd pay your cable provider for access to the same channels.
So while Comcast, Verizon, Charter, Time-Warner, AT&T and all of the rest might promise that they won't restrict what you can download, you can bet your next paycheck that within 30 minutes of the ruling coming down, they were working on (or dusting off) their plans to do just that.
Next step, they decide they don't like your blog. Or my blog.
ReplyDeletePoof!
Very crankily yours,
The New York Crank
After huge efforts for a loooong time on the part of many this is a HUGE loss. Few understand how high the pile of shit is we are given to stand in.
ReplyDeleteYep, limits and COSTS, you're gonna pay more...
ReplyDeleteThe ultimate effects of this are too horrifying. We lost TV as a news source, then print. We had only the internet left to widely discuss anything, free from the filters of giant corporations.
ReplyDeleteGiant corporations know that propaganda works. They know that rage of any sort can be generated and exploited. They now know they can shut down any real dissent. And they have the ability.
I think we face a new dark ages.