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The FCC seems to want a capped, two-tiered Internet
Brandon Davenport
So many times we have been worried to death about the internet becoming closed and capped, but every time, the idea never got to product (thankfully). There have been moments where the internet becoming “tiered” has almost happened, and we are all dreading the day this movement finally pushes through, and a closed and tiered internet becomes a reality. Today we have reached a dreadful milestone where the FCC now wants the exact thing we dread every day as geeks.
“You like the idea of Internet data caps and overage charges, right? And the prospect of paying your ISP separate fees for “the Internet” and for “managed” IP services like voice, video, VPN, telehealth, and smart grid applications, even when these directly compete with similar Internet-delivered services?” — Ars Technica, Read more
