I wonder why the Boston Globe didn't pick up this piece.
"Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic" by Brian Stetler
Some people use the Internet simply to check e-mail and look up phone numbers. Others are online all day, downloading big video and music files.
For years, both kinds of Web surfers have paid the same price for access. But now three of the country’s largest Internet service providers are threatening to clamp down on their most active subscribers by placing monthly limits on their online activity.
You know what? FUCK YOU, FASCISTS!!!! Oh, and WAKE UP, AmeriKa!!!!
One of them, Time Warner Cable, began a trial of “Internet metering” in one Texas city early this month, asking customers to select a monthly plan and pay surcharges when they exceed their bandwidth limit. The idea is that people who use the network more heavily should pay more, the way they do for water, electricity, or, in many cases, cellphone minutes.
Why not? They are already spying on you.
Amazing. The only ones who don't have to pay in this society are the rich.
They are HANDED GOVERNMENT LARGESS while the rest of us are taking an ass-pounding!!!
That same week, Comcast said that it would expand on a strategy it uses to manage Internet traffic: slowing down the connections of the heaviest users, so-called bandwidth hogs, at peak times.
AT&T also said Thursday that limits on heavy use were inevitable and that it was considering pricing based on data volume. “Based on current trends, total bandwidth in the AT&T network will increase by four times over the next three years,” the company said in a statement.
All three companies say that placing caps on broadband use will ensure fair access for all users.
I'm sick of their shit promises for shit service!
And now they want to charge you more for surfing their shit waves.
Internet metering is a throwback to the days of dial-up service, but at a time when video and interactive games are becoming popular, the experiments could have huge implications for the future of the Web.
Millions of people are moving online to watch movies and television shows, play multiplayer video games and talk over videoconference with family and friends. And media companies are trying to get people to spend more time online: the Disneys and NBCs of the world keep adding television shows and movies to their Web sites, giving consumers convenient entertainment that soaks up a lot of bandwidth....
Unreal! Yup, shovel the shit at us and say, "Here, watch, watch."
Now the fucking bastards want us to pay for shit.
I think I truly may be done after today, readers.
Time to sever the connections to the shit world and media completely!
Casual Internet users who merely send e-mail messages, check movie times and read the news are not likely to exceed the caps. But people who watch television shows on Hulu.com, rent movies on iTunes or play the multiplayer game Halo on Xbox may start to exceed the limits — and millions of people are already doing those things.
Streaming an hour of video on Hulu, which shows programs like “ Saturday Night Live,” “Family Guy” and “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” consumes about 200 megabytes, or one-fifth of a gigabyte. A higher-quality hour of the same content bought through Apple’s iTunes store can use about 500 megabytes, or half a gigabyte.
A high-definition episode of “Survivor” on CBS.com can use up to a gigabyte, and a DVD-quality movie through Netflix’s new online service can eat up about five gigabytes. One Netflix download alone, in fact, could bring a user to the limit on the cheapest plan in Time Warner’s trial in Beaumont.
Even services like Skype and Vonage that use the Internet to transmit phone calls could help put users over the monthly limits....
Oh, I'm not worried. I never watch any of that shit.
The Time Warner plan has the potential to bring Internet use full circle, back to the days when pay-as-you-go pricing held back the Web’s popularity....
And THAT is what it is ALL ABOUT!!!!!!!
Because of the LIES of the MSM and its TV shows, they want to CHARGE YOU for ABANDONING THEM!!!
Well, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS!
NO ONE LIKES A LIAR!!!!!!!!
Therefore, TRUTH TELLERS like ME must be PRICED OUT and CENSORED!!!!
Done, readers. Done with AmeriKa and its shit MSM!!!
Like Time Warner, Comcast is considering a form of Internet metering that would apply to all online activity.... “typical Internet usage” would not be affected. But on the Internet, “typical” use is constantly being redefined.
One result of these experiments is a tug-of-war between the Internet providers and media companies, which are monitoring the Time Warner experiment with trepidation.
Oh, wait a minute; maybe this won't be so bad.
“We hate it,” said a senior executive at a major media company, who requested anonymity because his company, like all broadcasters, must play nice with the same cable operators that are imposing the limits.
Oh, so HOW DOES IT FEEL to have it TUCKED TO YOU, 'eh, MSM?
Welcome into the pool!
Now that some television shows are viewed millions of times online, the executive said, any impediment would hurt the advertising model for online video streaming.
Ooooooh, they don't care about YOU or ME the VIEWERS; they are only concerned about their ADVERTISING DOLLARS and how this would AFFECT THEM!!!
Pffffffftttt!!!!
Not that I care. I really don't like television much anymore.
And I'm sure as hell not going to use a computer for it; I'm on here enough as it is with the blog posts. I'm tired of the 10-12 hour days, I really am.
If the MSM was doing their job, I wouldn't even need to be here.
But thanks for coming, readers.
Don't know how long it will last though!
