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Workflow: 1. I pay an ISP to provide me with internet service 2. Google cuts off services from my ISP I've already paid. 3. I call my ISP and say "google tol
by hoorayimhelping 9y ago
Workflow:
1. I pay an ISP to provide me with internet service
2. Google cuts off services from my ISP I've already paid.
3. I call my ISP and say "google told me to complain to you," they say, "thank you for your feedback."
4. I look for a competitor. There aren't any, or the competitors don't suit my needs. Which is why this problem happens in the first place. If I could go to a competitor, I would. This is the key assumption that the whole scheme is based on and from what I understand, for most Americans, it is flat wrong.
5. I don't use my ISP's bandwidth cause Google is blocking it. I've paid them money. My continual complaints tie up a cheap call center which inconveniences them very slightly, if at all. They still have my money, plus the costs for the services they're offering me just plummeted cause I'm not using any bandwidth cause I can't access the internet. They win, I lose.
- AmIFirstToThink 9y agoYou can use cell phone data. Or buy internet from phone company instead of cable company.
- brokenmachine 9y agoThese are both not reasonable alternatives for all people. Cell phone data is usually much more expensive and often people don't have a lot of choice on what connection options they have.
- nine_k 9y agoFor the technically literate, three letters: VPN. Unfortunately, they (we) are a minority. Also, it's double expense, especially if you do something like Netflix.
- mayneack 9y agoWhat's to stop them from de-prioritizing or blocking traffic recognizable as VPN?
- dingo_bat 9y agoAlso VPNs can be blocked easily. Look at China.
- RugnirViking 9y agoIn china it is part of normal life to use a VPN. They are most definitely not blocked.