Phone and Cable Companies to Split Internet? - GoFuckYourself.com

fuzzylogic · 08-12-2006, 04:29 PM

quoting paraphrase from someone else:

"For years Cable and Phone companies have been trying to split the internet into a two-tier system.
The two tiers would restrict access to some sites much like a toll booth restricts roads, that is, Surfers would need to pay to access them.

The top tier, a "Pay-to-Play" high-speed toll-road restricted internet, would only be registered by internet giants able to afford to pay the
high fees associated with preferential access to the Net.

The bottom tier - the slow lane - would be what is left for everyone else. If the fast lane is the information 'super-highway,' the slow lane
will operate like a dirt road. The topic was debated in the WWW2006 meetings, where it remains an issue."

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Adult Warden · 08-12-2006, 04:58 PM

they keep argueing back and forth...drama :-D

08-12-2006, 04:29 PM	#1
fuzzylogic Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: buffalo, las vegas. icq: 285808879 Posts: 4,796	Phone and Cable Companies to Split Internet? quoting paraphrase from someone else: "For years Cable and Phone companies have been trying to split the internet into a two-tier system. The two tiers would restrict access to some sites much like a toll booth restricts roads, that is, Surfers would need to pay to access them. The top tier, a "Pay-to-Play" high-speed toll-road restricted internet, would only be registered by internet giants able to afford to pay the high fees associated with preferential access to the Net. The bottom tier - the slow lane - would be what is left for everyone else. If the fast lane is the information 'super-highway,' the slow lane will operate like a dirt road. The topic was debated in the WWW2006 meetings, where it remains an issue." Source: news.bbc.co.uk

08-12-2006, 04:58 PM	#2
Adult Warden So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,822	they keep argueing back and forth...drama :-D