Calling it “selling both sides of the same electron,” and “electronic apartheid,” the Head Lemur has published an excellent overview of the effects we’ll see if the phone companies are successful in their attempt to end of the principle of network neutrality on the internet. He imagines various Internet Access Charges appearing on bills for prioritized network access, similar to cellular telephone “roaming” charges. “Think about surcharges by file type,” he writes. ” One charge for text, another for pictures, another for audio, another for video.”
“Imagine low priority websites like this one or yours. Since other traffic has priority, will people even see you? Will you see me?”
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