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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:26 PM
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35. Who would be hurt most by this?
Edited on Mon May-09-11 04:27 PM by CoffeeCat
Maybe I'm missing something--but won't big corporations suffer the most with capping bandwidth? They would use
the Internet a great deal.

I'm assuming there would be differences in individual vs. business billing--but still. I'm surprised, in this day
and age, where the big corporations is king--that AT&T would even try this. Won't they piss off everyone that they'd
have to face at the DC cocktail parties?

I'm wondering if such a billing system is a gateway procedure--that opens the door to allowing them to eventually restrict
what we can and can't see?

Then again, maybe it's just further assault on those who don't have dispensable income. Now, you pay your $50 per month
and you're connected. If people have to pay more fees, those with less disposable income will find this expense harder
to stomach. This will end up restricting Internet access for many lower income groups--further widening the information gap.

Right now--you need a laptop and an ISP to have access to the Internet. That's a hefty expense for someone who is
homeless or low income. These caps seem to raise that bar even further--putting technology out of reach for many.
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