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Boweva1
08-08-08, 03:13 PM
The internet as you know it will end. Yes i said it, end. No, not the internet all together, just the way it is today.

Let me explain further...

The ISP's that control your internet want to change it. They want to make it so your intenet is like your tv; where you pay a certain amount money and you get a certain amount of channels, or in this case websites. You will only be able to access a certain amount of websites that are in your package and if you want more you have to pay more. Why is this bad you ask? because the ISP's partners are the ones that will get the channels, and all other websites wont. Meaning that all the websites that arent big, giant, mainstream websites with tons of money wont get any exposure. They will be cast aside because you will have to pay more to access there websites, and many people wont pay more. That is extremely bad because alot of the websites on the internet today barely make it as it is, so when the internet changes they will significantly loose there visitors. And with the cost of running a website they may be forced to shut it down. When theres millions of websites online (as there is right now), the effect will be devastating.

When and if the internet changes all your favorite (and alot of mine) will be forced to shut down. If thats not enough to catch you howbout the fact that you WILL have to pay more to get on Althanas. Lots of people wont be able to get onto Althanas anymore because they cant pay more, me being one of them. And I would surely hate to see Althanas go under.

Maybe your saying to yourself "well theres nothing I can do about it", but let me tell you now. THERE IS!!! This is a big issue that tons of people would care about if only they knew, all you have to do is tell them. There are websites devoted to fighting this, join one. Be like me and post on the forums of your favorite websites, if its a small website like this one your shure to get responses. Or when your sitting at the bus stop next to a creepy old man, tell him.

Some ISP's have already started planning this, and in some parts of the world it could start happening as early as 2010, so we dont have much time.

This is a BIG ISSUE and we need to do something about it. Go to http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality2 to learn more and join the fight. And if you have any basic questions you can just email me.

Taskmienster
08-08-08, 03:47 PM
That link isn't anything but jibberish...

Saxon
08-08-08, 03:55 PM
Wow, I can smell the start of a revolution right here. Your heart-wrenching message of digital oppression was especially convincing in the video at 3:25. Really. I mean, I nearly broke down in tears when I heard that a group of Canadians are sending out a message to warn the world that our right to watch porn and free access to 4chan are in dire jeopardy. Save the rain forest!

Internet activists? Internet pay-channels? Good golly, we better unite to repel the forces of evil and the corporations who own and run the global market! I think the best news I've heard out of all this is that if any of this has a grain of truth to it, it'd hit Canada first.

Oh noes!

A Nony Mouse
08-08-08, 04:15 PM
I think I got an e-mail about this urgent problem about 5 years ago... good to know it's cropped up again.

Breaker
08-08-08, 05:15 PM
Oh noes!

My exact reaction.

Boweva1
08-08-08, 06:14 PM
I guess i should have known there would be some skeptisism. Anyway... I guess sinse youve taken the time to comment ill take the time to reply.


I think I got an e-mail about this urgent problem about 5 years ago... good to know it's cropped up again.
Well i guess it could have been around awhile, I dont know, ive only known about it a couple of weeks. But this time its a bit more serious as corporations have confirmed that what i say is true. So this time its a bit more than a rumor.



Even after your comments Im still pretty happy, Youve all taken the time to read and post, so now i can say with confidence you are informed!! If theres anything that should be done its inform people, and who knows maybe one of the people that read and didnt comment actually believes me. Thats what Im hoping for.

Abomination
08-08-08, 06:26 PM
So.... does anyone else know that 9/11 was an inside job yet? Just checking.

Arsène
08-08-08, 06:36 PM
I've actually heard about this for a pretty long time. I'm sort've waiting for it to actually happen before I feel any sort of outrage.

I'd post more, but I'm traveling to Nigeria very soon. It seems a government official there needs me to help him get some money out of the country, and I get to keep a pretty large percent.

Inkfinger
08-08-08, 06:57 PM
I've actually heard about this for a pretty long time. I'm sort've waiting for it to actually happen before I feel any sort of outrage.

I'd post more, but I'm traveling to Nigeria very soon. It seems a government official there needs me to help him get some money out of the country, and I get to keep a pretty large percent.

Oh, my, you too? I would have gone, but Yassar Arafat's wife's offer was better.

Breaker
08-08-08, 07:23 PM
E.T. phone home?

Ataraxis
08-08-08, 07:57 PM
Well i guess it could have been around awhile, I dont know, ive only known about it a couple of weeks. But this time its a bit more serious as corporations have confirmed that what i say is true. So this time its a bit more than a rumor.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wikipedian_protester.png


I'd post more, but I'm traveling to Nigeria very soon. It seems a government official there needs me to help him get some money out of the country, and I get to keep a pretty large percent.

Really? A woman from Cote d'Ivoire wants me to give her shelter in exchange for a percentage of her assassinated family's ten million dollar legacy. The real funny thing is that she apparently also has a quaint little profile on SinglesNet. The things you learn!


As has been said before, I'll explode into outrage only once I go from 'being informed of yet another scam' to 'being informed of a situation whose gravity is supported by proof'. If you can provide a source to your claims, you'll find that it'll be easier to get people to believe you.

Visla Eraclaire
08-08-08, 09:25 PM
Net neutrality is old meme. The best thing that ever came out of it was the "series of tubes" comment, and that's long gone.

Mithra Reborn
08-09-08, 01:00 AM
I've known about this, and quite frankly, nobody is going to let this happen. If it will. The very proposition that these companies make is ludicrous, and if the other companies have half a wit, they'll use it as a marketing ploy to bring the people over to their side of business.

The Forgotten
08-09-08, 01:27 AM
Heard it, seen it, almost bought the Tee-shirt.

*yawn*

Now move on to the next all-important topic. This has been around for a long time; it was never really in any danger of being passed then and more people know about it now.

Arcanafang
08-09-08, 10:09 AM
Simply put in the free market such a maneuver would be stupid as hell. The providers that pull such a stunt will lose business and the competition that doesn't pull such a stunt would gain more business. If those ISPs want to fall on their swords then let them. I'll laugh like the devil when their stocks plummet^^

AdventWings
08-10-08, 09:36 PM
Well, unless they all defect from the "Free Internet Channels" to the "Pay-Per-Channel" choice...

This is just like a Game Theory, but I can't write it out nicely for everyone to understand like Sighter can. :p

Let's just say, if every one of the ISP companies go the route predicted in the first post, nascent indie ISPs will emerge to grab the userbase away.

Viva la revalucion.