This scares the shit out of me

[grahamhgreen]

[mzteris]

1. um - what is it?

besides garish and commercially.

Seriously, is it some sort of advertising or something?

[grahamhgreen]

4. The future of the Internet without Net Neutrality

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Is it already here?

I thought I refreshed before responding. My internet connection sucks.

[grahamhgreen]

12. No.... not yet!

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Its a "net neutrality failed" access price menu

Frightening doesn't start to describe it.

[Occulus]

19. Realistic, however, DOES describe it.

In a very frightening manner.

Thanks to the OP. I was looking for this graphic.

[BlooInBloo]

2. Yup. Net neutrality is very important.

[lakerboy]

3. Ugh...

We have to make sure this can never happen. It really would be the beginning of a modern Dark Age. :-(

[Odin2005]

5. They want to keep facts away from people on limited incomes.

[conspirator]

9. More important: they want to keep limited incomers from broadcasting from their own blogs

and servers

[grahamhgreen]

13. Bingo!

[BlueIris]

8. Ew. nt

[Liberal In Texas]

10. If you like paying for cable TV, you'll just love what they want to do to the internet. n/t

[Ian David]

11. MSNBC and Fox "News" would not be on the same tier.

Fox "News" is in the lowest tier on most cable and satellite companies.

MSNBC is in the higher-priced tiers.

I expect that this travesty would be carried forward on a non-neutral internet.

[grahamhgreen]

14. Fox, I imagine, would always be free with basic service.

[Ian David]

15. Local Fox. Not necessarily the Fox Cable "News" Network. n/t

[Subdivisions]

16. If this were to ever happen, I would finally blow a gasket. n/t

[bain_sidhe]

17. I don't think that's how they're expecting it to work...

although it might very well become like that. But what I've seen in regards to net neutrality is that providers would either discriminate between content providers, or perhaps even charge *websites* to be in the "fast lane" and all other content would be in the "slow lane." Therefore, you could access content preferred by your provider, say, fox.com, or (if it's Comcast/NBC), nbc.com at blazing fast speeds, but, for instance, DU or TPM would take forever to load.

[grahamhgreen]

20. I know, but I could see it happening!

[Kitty Herder]

18. Me too.

:scared:

[Ignis]

21. K&R. Too many DUers don't understand the risks here.

:patriot:

[grahamhgreen]

22. I agree, I hope this makes it to the greatest page.

[Ignis]

24. In Internet Years, it's an oldie but a goodie.

:)

Here's another kick for exposure.

[earth mom]

23. Yikes!

:wow:

[woo me with science]

25. K & R

This makes me so angry, even just thinking about the possibilities.