PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| reply to bgraham
It's gonna happen more and more ...
Hey,
ISP's see that people are willing to pay per-bit for certain bitstreams. They pay phone companies, or VOIP companies, per-bit for long-distance telephony. They pay cable companies per-bit for video, in the form of "digital cable". So of course alot of them are going to set up these so-called "walled gardens".
Only two things would stop them: competition, or regulation. As others have said, there's little or no broadband competition in most areas. As for regulations, the FCC has issued "voluntary" guidelines against this, but the guidelines have no teeth. With the current let-big-corporations-do-whatever-they-want mindset in D.C., that's not going to change. |
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bgraham
join:2001-03-15
Smithtown, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to DaveNJ
Re: why would i want their service ?
Until FIOS appears locally here on long island we don't have many choices plus when one ISP does it so will the competition. I can see the day fast approaching when ISP's like OOL and Verizon only allow their own VOIP and block all others.
Most ISP's want Ma and Pa checking their email, do a bit of online banking and thats all. Block VOIP, cripple Usenet, disconect large downloads every 2 hours... more soon to come... |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | Okay, i have a choice of isps, why would i pick their over someones with no restrictions ? Even if i dont use high bandwith apps ? |
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