The Missing Link: The End of the Internet as We Know It?

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February 05, 2006

The End of the Internet as We Know It?

Jeff Chester is worried about the future of the Internet:

The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online.

Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets--corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers--would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out.

This is the first we've heard about Internet regulations at The Missing Link. If true all this is quite troubling. Expect follow-up posts if they are warranted.

Posted by Conor at February 5, 2006 03:59 PM

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