End of the Internet?

spartan123209 · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: End of the Internet?

Rumors have come forth that ISP's will turn the Internet into a TV like service, where you pay for packages that include specific sites.

Article here: End of the Internet

If this goes through that means this site will probably cease to exist, or atleast slow down.
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jambrose · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

tanya has something on her shirt...
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josephpalazzo · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: End of the Internet?

Moloth · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject:

the nightmare:

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RyanDzundza · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:19 pm Post subject:

i bet Tim Berners-Lee is kicking himself, this could of been his money lol
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eximius · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject:

It will never happen. Absolutely never.

It would mean that trillions would be lost.

Never.
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BarkAtTheMoon · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject:

Unless all ISPs do this at the same time, no customer would stay with their current ISP and put up with this shit. Never happen. It would devastate the world economy and put tons of businesses, especially smaller ones that might not make the cut, that gain a large portion of their sales and customer base from the web out of business very quickly.

If nothing else was learned from the Napster fiasco & other MPAA assaults on piracy, it's that if you piss off a bunch of nerds, on their home medium, they'll find a way of either completely fucking up your day or still find a way around your rules.

Edit: This would be like taking a step back to the heyday of AOL. Fuck that.
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howgoyoufar · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject:

Even if this does happen...There will be one ISP who realizes that if they offer unrestricted internet they will have way more customers. I'm not worried.
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ShadowWulf · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:44 am Post subject:

Ya know you can technically become your own internet gateway and ISP right guys?

If the system tries to fuck you, fuck it back. This will never come to pass, however if it did somne of us are ready to do what needs to be done to grant access to the whole internet, consequences be damned.

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