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So, if ISPs are free to charge extra for bandwidth used by premium content providers, are they also free to charge extra based on other factors? In other words
by drivingmenuts 13y ago
So, if ISPs are free to charge extra for bandwidth used by premium content providers, are they also free to charge extra based on other factors?
In other words, could the Koch Brothers start an ISP that gave a break to conservative information providers and charged extra to competing political views?
- pawn 13y agoI don't see why not. Heck, one faction may start paying the ISPs a bribe to throttle its competitors. Businesses with money could do this too. Imagine WM paying Comcast to throttle Amazon traffic or make 1 in 5 page loads fail. That could be where we're headed, if we don't fix this problem now.