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Anonymous
What this means to YOU:

-Any downloading will be charged for
-Any online gaming will be charged for
-Any instant messaging will be charged for
-4Chan will become a commodity for the rich, since it sucks up so much bandwidth
-Torrents will be harder to come by as people limit their sharing to save bandwidth
-ALL INTERNET ACTIVITIES YOU DO CAN AND WILL BE CHARGED!
-Eventually, all people with high-bandwidth plans could be monitored for illegal use, with or without your knowledge
-In 5 years, everyone will be forced to buy a higher-bandwidth plan due to internet expansion, effectively forcing profits up
>> Anonymous
What YOU can do:

Write your ISP and explain to them that the internet is the medium of the future and the information superhighway. Limiting its use will not only stymie progress, it will allow the wealthy to hold the power because they have more access to knowledge and to privilege. Tell them that for decades that television has been a flat rate, regardless of consumption, as it has been with telephone service. Radio has never been charged for use. All major progressions in human communication did not arise out of someone deciding that use should be a payed-for privilege, but with the idea that they are a right to every paying customer. Explain that in only a few years from now, five gigabytes of bandwidth will be as obsolete and pitiful as the floppy disk, especially with more and more people joining the online community, more internet storefronts opening up, more online entertainment sites being created, and more and more information being shared online. Explain that many students who need the internet for research, even online classes, cannot afford to pay for a “premium” service, and this limits their access to necessary information. Tell them that to pay for information is elitist and it promotes a wider gap between the rich and the poor. Threaten to switch to a service that does not charge for the amount of bandwidth used.

Send this in the mail to the CEO of your ISP, do NOT disclose your name or address, just say you are a “satisfied but concerned customer”. If enough of us do this, they should bend.
>> Anonymous
I'm concerned about Time Warners monthly caps as I would break the highest each month quite easily with youtube and online gaming. Combined with them being the only broadband provider here leaves me out of luck if they decide to spread the AIDS to all of their subscribers. I would rather cancel it then be stuck with a shit monthly cap.
>> Anonymous
Virgin media has already been fdoing this in the UK for about a year, if you download more than 800mb in "peak time" they cut your speed by 75% - it makes me raaage.
>> Anonymous
>>367788

quickest way to make your business fail?

charge your customers for using it to it's fullest.

>>367770

and maybe in america land. Europe and Canada aren't governed by american ISPs and copyright laws.

yet.

But I cna bet the entire world that if the ISPs do this, there will be no need for the internet, as everyone will just start walking and going to libraries and buying single player video games.

Then they will stop watching TV when they realize that they don't need it to have fun.

TW will fall like a sack of bricks and offer unlimited internet for $20 a month so quick. Let them shoot themselves in the foot.
>> Anonymous
>>367810
Go Canada!
>> Anonymous
>>367810
anon has a more than valid point

i also wouldn't be surprised if the companies behind this didn't receive bomb threats (both faux and real)
also a lot of rioting. If you wanna rabble rouse take this to /k/ XD
>> Anonymous
>>367771
>What YOU can do:
>blah blah blah I'm a faggot

don't like the service you're getting from your ISP? geat another ISP

>>367810
>Europe

enjoys a wonderful TV tax
>> Anonymous
>>367951
What if the only ISPs in your area are AT&T and TW and Comcast?

That's 90% of America
>> Anonymous
>>367955
Then move. Seriously.
>> Anonymous
>>367810
this is like BT in the UK according to them i have unlimited download plan but they slow down my connection after 6pm and before 12am. As they say im a heavy user but that makes no sense at all how can ihave unlimited download limit but then be limited because i use it.
>> Anonymous
when will people learn. this shit isn't going to happen like they say its going to.

most people won't pay for "what you use" this will cause the ISP companies to lose money, and then some of the smaller ones will go under, leaving only the few big ones. most people will only use the net for email or VERY basic needs. then the bigger companies will lose money, and THAT is when shit will hit the fan and you will see this fall flat on its face.
>> Anonymous
>>367770

that looks like a cone joint FYI
>> Anonymous
I think that the great men of 4chan should start our own ISP company and give people really cheap internet everywhere.
>> Anonymous
What r you complaining about i have EVDO i pay 300 bucks amonth so gtfo
>> Anonymous
what r you ppl bitching about i have EVDO and i pay 300 a month Canadian so gtfo
>> Anonymous
bandwidth limits are already applied here.

100Gb/month max. or fees apply.

while the connection they provide can achieve that in 7 hours.
>> Anonymous
k im on rogers here, and i share a internet package thats got a 60 gig cap with 2 other dudes, on average we use like 130gigs a month, and were not downloading a fuckton of stuff, just hte occasional thing, so its moslty all streaming vids and hr images we get. but hte fucking gay thing is the cap that rogers is now going to be charging us if we go over it, hasnt gone up in the past 10 years, if the amount of shit the average person dls from hte net has gone up this much in that time, doenst it seem fair that the cap should go up at near the same rate??? if not then it just seems like the net companies are slacking hardcore tryin to keep up with demand and then crying cause it eats into there obscene profits
>> Anonymous
Belgium speaking here (way far away) 12GB is our limit here for 30€ (~25$) /month

so stfu . every 1GB extra = 1€ more
thanks.
>> More Motorcars Anonymous
Virgin can suck my dick.

If I could afford I'd sent some terrorists to blow up all the mansions the guy owns...
>> More Motorcars Anonymous
Sweden has: TV/Radio tax and alot of other fucking tax as well...

NOONE WILL LIMIT THE FUCKING INTERNET!!!
>> Anonymous
I am going to wait for this "Super-internet" to kick in, which they are testing in Europe this summer. Like DL speeds will increase by 1000x
>> Anonymous
Oh fuck this reminds me of internet life in australia. I came to america to escape this shit!!!!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous
Hah! Play the multiplayer game Halo on the Xbox. How old is this article?
>> Anonymous
estimates of year 2008 inet traffic are at

44 EXA-BYTES per month ...
>> Anonymous
>>367955
>What if the only ISPs in your area are AT&T and TW and Comcast?

>That's 90% of America

you've never used a phone book, I see
>> Anonymous
ISP 1: we are introducing a surcharge
ISP 2: we are not introducing a surcharge

every consumer: lol gg 1, connecting with 2, fags
>> Anonymous
http.www.midco.net

FUCK YEAH, GOTTA ENTERTAIN US BORED MID WESTERN FUCKS SOMEHOW!
>> Anonymous
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>>369305

WHOOO FUCK YEAH!!!
>> Anonymous
>>369300
Unless they go all trust on us to wring out maximum profits.
>> Anonymous
>>367972
Change ISPs. I used Demon but they started to limit my bandwidth after years of use so I switched to Be. Before I did I asked Be if they limited downloads and they sent me a letter (not an email, a fucking letter) saying they didn't so if they ever do in the future I have it in writing. Last month I downloaded 360Gigs and Be haven't said a thing.
>> tq5
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Beat This HR
this is in ~1yr since i last reformatted
lets see who uses their connection best
>> Anonymous
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>>369870
Oh hai.
I also have another computer, I think I've downloaded at least 400GB on that one.
>> Anonymous
internet is inherently socialist, you only pay for a few things and the service itself. everything is turning into firefox: open source, free, available, just give credit for the programming if you steal some. this won't happen
>> Gordy !X.8nQEYB36
>>369870
Well, that certainly is a lot of FTV torrents. Fap much?
>> Anonymous
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>>369896
>>369870
>> ! !CTAab943LQ
>>369870
Nice, glad to see someone else still uses Blackbox.
>> Anonymous
FYI this will probably not happen.

If there are three ISPs in a town and only one of them offers unlimited service, guess which one is going to have all the customers?
>> tq5
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>>369870here
>>369896i was completing my FTV collection (that shit is 1080p)
>>369891
>>369898
well done sirs, i have been beaten... for now