But image for a moment Apple had never invented the iPod. Or Facebook had never been created and for the rest of your life you never again spoke to your now-distant childhood friend. Take any innovation that was created on or inspired by the Internet and reflect upon what an opportunity the world would have missed out on had it not been invented. […]
[…] Most people using the Internet today do not stop to think about just what kind of information they are sending across the web. They pay a flat fee for Internet access based upon their potential top transfer speeds and that is that. Imagine if instead of a flat fee your Internet service provider charged you off a tiered system whereby you paid for specific services on the Internet: $10 a month for access to video sites such as YouTube, $5 a month for social networking sites such as Facebook, maybe another $20 a month to access adult content. This is the dream of corporate Internet service providers across the globe and from a capitalist perspective it is easy to see why.
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