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It hurts entrepreneurs a lot more than the end user. With tiered internet comes tiered pricing and tiered access. 'Basic' internet will get you google.com, fac
by snarfy 9y ago
It hurts entrepreneurs a lot more than the end user. With tiered internet comes tiered pricing and tiered access. 'Basic' internet will get you google.com, facebook, etc. If you get the 'sports' package then you get espn.com. If you get the 'DIY' package you get some howto sites, craftsy, maybe thingiverse.
But what if you come up with a brand new DIY site that you wish to host ads, have logins and accounts with monthly fees, etc. How will anybody ever see your site with tiered internet? Your new site is not be in any of the predetermined packages. You would have to go to the ISP and beg/pay them to get your site added to the 'DIY' package just to even get any traffic at all, let alone users. It totally destroys innovation and tilts the playing field towards the existing incumbents.