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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1314872" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I'm not usually a fan of government meddling in the free markets, but in this case our society will be giving the decision about what you will have internet access to over to big telecom and cable companies.</p><p></p><p>This is bad for all of us - and bad for community sites like this one, nonprofits, alternative news sites, activists and anything without big money behind it.</p><p></p><p>Big businesses with deep pockets will control the internet. With U.S. net neutrality gone, the Internet's "level playing field" is gone.</p><p></p><p>The EU is going the other way:</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/eu-net-neutrality-passes-vote-7000027998/" target="_blank"><strong>EU passes net neutrality law, votes to end throttling, site blocking - ZD Net</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The idea of giving preferential treatment to websites willing to pay for it means that smaller websites <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2006/05/why_you_should_care_about_network_neutrality.html" target="_blank">stand to lose out</a>, and the very idea of competition on the internet is being essentially undermined since companies can simply buy prime placement.</p><p></p><p>One prediction:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/internet-without-net-neutrality-_n_4604385.html" target="_blank"><strong>ISPs will curate your Internet like cable does your TV channels. </strong></a></p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/internet-without-net-neutrality-_n_4604385.html" target="_blank"></a></p><p>The obvious business model for ISPs without net neutrality is one much like cable television. They'll offer "bundles" that curate the sites you see. The cheapest, fastest bundles will probably include the sites that pay ISPs the most -- most likely the big boys, including Amazon and Netflix. Another possibility is that ISPs could bundle popular sites with less-popular ones that are willing to pay. If you pay for a Netflix bundle, for example, you may be forced to use the Bing search engine.</p><p></p><p>Nastier yet ISPs and big businesses may team up to offer "exclusive deals." Netflix and Time Warner Cable, say, could strike a deal that makes Netflix only available to Time Warner Cable customers (or, more likely, only available to certain customers at its fastest speed). This kind of deal may make businesses a lot of money. The only people hurt are users.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/federal-court-invalidates-net-neutrality-rules-sides-w-1501028467" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--YDna_elC--/18mn5vrly9hlvjpg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1314872, member: 1"] I'm not usually a fan of government meddling in the free markets, but in this case our society will be giving the decision about what you will have internet access to over to big telecom and cable companies. This is bad for all of us - and bad for community sites like this one, nonprofits, alternative news sites, activists and anything without big money behind it. Big businesses with deep pockets will control the internet. With U.S. net neutrality gone, the Internet's "level playing field" is gone. The EU is going the other way: [URL='http://www.zdnet.com/eu-net-neutrality-passes-vote-7000027998/'][B]EU passes net neutrality law, votes to end throttling, site blocking - ZD Net[/B][/URL] The idea of giving preferential treatment to websites willing to pay for it means that smaller websites [URL='http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2006/05/why_you_should_care_about_network_neutrality.html']stand to lose out[/URL], and the very idea of competition on the internet is being essentially undermined since companies can simply buy prime placement. One prediction: [URL='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/internet-without-net-neutrality-_n_4604385.html'][B]ISPs will curate your Internet like cable does your TV channels. [/B] [/URL] The obvious business model for ISPs without net neutrality is one much like cable television. They'll offer "bundles" that curate the sites you see. The cheapest, fastest bundles will probably include the sites that pay ISPs the most -- most likely the big boys, including Amazon and Netflix. Another possibility is that ISPs could bundle popular sites with less-popular ones that are willing to pay. If you pay for a Netflix bundle, for example, you may be forced to use the Bing search engine. Nastier yet ISPs and big businesses may team up to offer "exclusive deals." Netflix and Time Warner Cable, say, could strike a deal that makes Netflix only available to Time Warner Cable customers (or, more likely, only available to certain customers at its fastest speed). This kind of deal may make businesses a lot of money. The only people hurt are users. [URL='http://gizmodo.com/federal-court-invalidates-net-neutrality-rules-sides-w-1501028467'][IMG]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--YDna_elC--/18mn5vrly9hlvjpg.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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