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Topic started on 2-7-2008 @ 06:08 PM by Evil Genius

Canadian ISPs Plan Net Censorship


www.americanfreepress.net
A net-neutrality activist group has uncovered plans for the demise of the free Internet by 2010 in Canada. By 2012, the group says, the trend will be global.

Bell Canada and TELUS, Canada’s two largest Internet service providers (ISPs), will begin charging per-site fees on most Internet sites, reports anonymous sources within TELUS.

With plans in Canada uncovered, I Power thinks that companies in the United States and other nations are also planning similar actions
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 2-7-2008 @ 06:26 PM by burdman30ott6
reply to post by Dan Tanna



I'm not big on doomsday predictions or prophecies, but I have to admit I have seen more "official" government and organization data with some seriously bad mojo scheduled for 2012 in the past year or so that I'm starting to wonder what gives with the date. 2012 is either gonna be another Y2K or else we're all royally screwed.


reply posted on 2-7-2008 @ 06:43 PM by AccessDenied
reply to post by intrepid



No prob. I'm on Cogeco.


Ditto...


But of course if this does happen..they may follow suit.
got my fingers crossed!!!!



reply posted on 2-7-2008 @ 06:52 PM by Dan Tanna
reply to post by burdman30ott6






neither was I until I started reading through official files and they kept hammering on again and again about 2012 project this, 2011 project must be done by that.......

Its not even remotley funny at all.

2012 is going to be bad mojo for us all - net closing down, travel getting harder, ID cards and biometrics forced from every one...

This is not looking rosy at all.

[edit on 2-7-2008 by Dan Tanna]


reply posted on 2-7-2008 @ 06:58 PM by TheComte
reply to post by intrepid



I hope we can get rid of Harper soon.

And I agree that I don't think Canadians would stand for this. I for one would cancel all internet service if this happened. We got to fight back the only way we can: hit 'em in the pocketbook.


reply posted on 2-7-2008 @ 07:10 PM by deadline527
If this does happen, it will only be a matter of time before people are hosting their own dial-in services that are networked together, until eventually it is larger and more free then the "internet", possibly will be coined the "outernet". This will be a underground internet for the people who do not want to have their choices limited.

The internet was made to share information - ALL information, and sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. This movement will essentially turn the internet into a bidding war between companies, with providers fueled by greed. The only websites most of the population would be able to afford, due to the extinction of the middle class that is coming ever so soon, will be the ones included in the standard package. People will not be able to afford to visit independent media websites, nor someones blog. Websites like ATS will lose so many people that it no longer becomes viable to keep it running. Eventually the smaller websites will have to shut down. Think of WalMart pushing out the smaller mom and pop type stores, they just cannot compete any more, and when it becomes futile to continue, they will eventually close. Again and again this will happen until the only websites that exist will be the ones that can afford to be part of the standard package.

I for one have the technical know-how to allow for others to dial into my box via phone lines. Think of a few thousand other people with this ability and eventually we will have our own "outernet". Sure, it may be slower. It also may not have your favorite websites due to being on a separate network, but by god it will be the epitome of freedom. It will allow its users to exchange information without having Mommy and Daddy (the Government) deciding what is or isn't allowed.

We will use the internet for our mainstream websites and general browsing. We will use the outernet for our unbiased news, free speech, and the right to privacy - without having a central party, such as these ISPs who will be catering to this horrible agenda, monitoring our every move.

They say its to protect us. Bull----. It's to silence us. They have seen the amount of momentum that can be gained through internet groups. They have seen that their agendas can be revealed to millions of people with the click of a mouse.

You can give someone a tool that can benefit the world, but the second that tool becomes a problem to the powers that be, it must be removed from the hands of its users.



[edit on 2-7-2008 by deadline527]


reply posted on 2-7-2008 @ 07:18 PM by Evil Genius
You can say, well it's not going to affect me because I'm not on that system, but honestly how long until your ISP does the exact same thing? Comcast and AT&T are already trying to find ways to limit bandwidth hogs who sit and watch videos all day. I posted a thread yesterday here which talks about a new program for downloading music legally for free again. How long until millions of people are doing that again? There's only going to be more and more people each year using the internet and the bandwidth is going to get shrunk to zero. It would not surprise me in the least if this story is true and that they are all in cahoots together. There's just too much money to be made and that much more control over the population to be had.



reply posted on 2-7-2008 @ 07:46 PM by Toadmund
reply to post by intrepid


The damage Harper can do with only a minority government.

Harper reminds me of the overly strict parent that made your own parents seem like saints when you were a kid. And you felt really bad for your friend.
Canadians deserve tough love!
He will not get a majority, too many people don't like him.
I just hope Dion doesn't make himself unpopular, giving harper votes by default again!

If we have to pay more for the internet, I would like to know why we already pay too much for internet service.
The want to milk the poor people even harder, like a dehydrated milk cow with the nipple suction turned to turbo-suck mode.

Even TV has gotten worse, science channels that now have shows like 'wife swap' 'home decorating' you know the crap, cheaply produced shows with no depth.
And why is that? Because the good stuff on TV you have to pay extra for now, those extra channels. I remember years ago, movies in the Theatre made it to TV within a year, now (if ever) it may be years later.
So when they talk about extra pay content, it just means the good stuff gets shifted and the crap is what we get for 'basic'.
At least CSI is a good show.

PS, My website will be in the 'basic' plan on the internet.

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