Warlock:
I said PEOPLE..............................not jackasses.
Good one! So when exactly did "people" stop thinking you were crazy? I didn't get the memo.
2012: The Year The Internet Ends
by What-A-Coincidence 43 Replies latest jw friends
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funkyderek
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brinjen
It's not going to happen, like it's already been said, the internet is an international network of computers. It is not something that is owned. The most that can happen is more sites requiring payment to view but they will still be in the minority and the net is not going to be shutting down either.
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joebin
It would be impossible to offer packages which would satisfy everyone. So I don't think that would be feasible.
What they will try to do is to get the internet leaches to pay. The leaches use up too much bandwith without paying. They are having a hard time monetizing You Tube and the likes. They are setting up to charge by bandwith usage.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/5817622.html
Cable giants study traffic
Tests are aimed at preventing Web congestion
By TODD SHIELDS
Bloomberg NewsComcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable, the two largest U.S. cable companies, said Tuesday they will start tests Thursday to prevent congestion on the high-speed Internet networks their customers use.
Comcast, with 14.1 million Internet subscribers, plans to begin tests that focus on the volume of data usage and disregard the application used by the customer. Time Warner Cable, with 8.1 million Web clients, will start metering customers in Beaumont, and levy higher fees on the heaviest users.
The two companies are wrestling with how to keep high-speed Internet services operating smoothly as demand soars for network-stressing features such as streaming video. Comcast has faced accusations it discriminated against customers using peer-to-peer file-sharing techniques that can be used to send videos.
Fees may "be one of the tools" for keeping a few heavy users from worsening the network's performance for all, said Kevin Leddy, Time Warner Cable's executive vice president of advanced technology.
Federal regulators are investigating whether Comcast improperly blocked some Internet users. The company says it delayed data to heavy users at times of peak network demand. In March, Comcast pledged to develop ways to manage Internet traffic without focusing on the application used, and to put them into place by the end of the year.
Comcast said its test will run 30 days in Chambersburg, Pa., and Warrenton, Va.
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Dogpatch
Another thing that may have helped is cutting out all news; tv, radio, papers, etc, and also negative shit about about the earth's resources. Also, looking @ the bigger picture, things are getting better, generally. Based on that trend, even more will come to be made available through the internet, even more freely. Human nature wants this, and so, will get it, despite negative blips in the trend.
Good one Satanus, very true. Some people CANNOT stomach the fact that things are getting better, and sabotage all efforts to enjoy it. :-))
Randy
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BurnTheShips
They are having a hard time monetizing You Tube and the likes.
Especially since all the best content is user generated.
BTS
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Warlock
So when exactly did "people" stop thinking you were crazy? I didn't get the memo.
Exactly.
Warlock
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Gregor
I would have paid more attention if the one with the gorgeous cleavage had explained it instead of Gyro Gearloose.
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joebin
Especially since all the best content is user generated.
I love you tube, you end up seeing stuff you'd never think of looking up otherwise just by following links. Keeps me entertained and I don't have to deal with advertising.
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rocketman
Such stories have been circulating around the Internet ever since there was an Internet. I remember one a few years back that said that there was a bill in Congress that was going to mandate charges for e-mail. This looks like another such "threat". I say it's hogwash.