Necratoid, two things.
Firstly, the issue is not with an end user pricing structure, i.e. I pay $20 for X speed, you pay $50 for Y which is some order of magnitude fatser. I think most folks can live with that. The issue is a company no longer being a neutral carrier, so they not only charge you your $50, but also charge various other parties premiums for you to be able to access the other parties' content at your full speed. This leads to a situation where I may have paid for uber-DSL++, but only get original recipe DSL speeds from some sites because they haven't paid their FastLane(tm) fees. Essentially, I am no longer getting what I'm paying for.
Secondly, and more woryingly, it changes providers from common carriers, completely oblivious to the content flowing through their pipes, to aware entities that can censor information flow. This opens all sorts of worm cans (legal and moral.)
And might I add, you have a worrying degree of trust in soulless, valueless corporate entities to do the right thing. Frankly, anything that gives ANY entity other than the individual more power should be regarded as a bad thing, since onyl individuals have consciences.
-={(Astynax)}=-
Firstly, the issue is not with an end user pricing structure, i.e. I pay $20 for X speed, you pay $50 for Y which is some order of magnitude fatser. I think most folks can live with that. The issue is a company no longer being a neutral carrier, so they not only charge you your $50, but also charge various other parties premiums for you to be able to access the other parties' content at your full speed. This leads to a situation where I may have paid for uber-DSL++, but only get original recipe DSL speeds from some sites because they haven't paid their FastLane(tm) fees. Essentially, I am no longer getting what I'm paying for.
Secondly, and more woryingly, it changes providers from common carriers, completely oblivious to the content flowing through their pipes, to aware entities that can censor information flow. This opens all sorts of worm cans (legal and moral.)
And might I add, you have a worrying degree of trust in soulless, valueless corporate entities to do the right thing. Frankly, anything that gives ANY entity other than the individual more power should be regarded as a bad thing, since onyl individuals have consciences.
-={(Astynax)}=-