The Nightmare Of Anti-Net Neutrality: Carriers Mull Charging Fees Per Service

Monday, 20 December 2010 14:45

The Nightmare Of Anti-Net Neutrality: Carriers Mull Charging Fees Per Service

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This story is a bit old by now but it’s a doozy. Essentially, what you see here is a presentation slide from Allot and the ironically-named Openet handed out at FierceWireless describing a potential wireless money-maker – tiered, fee-based access to web services on

a subscriber basis. Want YouTube? That costs a few pennies per megabyte. Love you some Facebook? Five dollars a month, please! The upside, as they say, is endless!

Although no one is currently considering implementing these features, this has been a long-time dream for many carriers and is probably the first step in the slow erosion of user’s rights.