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ISP already provide variable speed plans to consumers. You already have to pay more to get a faster connection, at least with Comcast. Very disingenuous and inc
by leorocky 12y ago
ISP already provide variable speed plans to consumers. You already have to pay more to get a faster connection, at least with Comcast. Very disingenuous and incorrect. I doubt anyone will see dial up speeds. They're not threatening to inject popups into web sites.
So take the ridiculous dramaticized slow speeds away and the silly modal you're still left with an incorrect premise. The threat is not that consumers will have to pay for faster internet, it's that that website companies will have to pay the consumer's ISP. The consumer will have no recourse to improve speeds for slow loading new video startups that don't have deals with their ISP for example.
- pessimizer 12y agoWhy wouldn't my peer-to-peer traffic be throttled down to dialup speeds? Or traffic from any site with less than a million dollars to spend, assuming that all of the top 100 sites sign up, and Wikipedia gets a discount or a pass? >I doubt anyone will see dial up speeds. I'm not reassured in any way by your doubts.
- leorocky 12y agoThey can already do this. They can already make your default speeds slow, and they don't. Slow lane vs fast lane is not about this.