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ISP's have resolved to restrict the Internet to a TV-like subscription model where users will be forced to pay to visit selected corporate websites by 2012, while others will be blocked, according to a leaked report. Despite some people dismissing the story as a hoax, the wider plan to kill the traditional Internet and replace it with a regulated and controlled Internet 2 is manifestly provable.
The article, which is accompanied by a You Tube clip, states that Time Magazine writer "Dylan Pattyn" has confirmed the information and is about to release a story - and that the move to effectively shut down the web could come as soon as 2010.
Originally posted by Karlhungis
Well, the internet is running out of capacity pretty quickly and something will have to be done. With the increased acceptance and use of HD streams and other forms of digital media, we are simply going to run out of bandwidth.
Originally posted by Karlhungis
I am sure that there are many greedy people looking at how they are going to make internet 2.0 a cash cow. I don't know how reliable any of these rumors are but you know that there are plenty of people out there willing to screw over the average joe to make a fortune.
Originally posted by Karlhungis
The sad thing is that 90% of the people who will make the decisions about whether or not to allow this type of greed to take place don't even use the internet and have zero understanding about the customers that they will be screwing.