UK ISPs are threatening to cripple websites that don't pay them first.

UK ISPs are threatening to cripple websites that don't pay them first.
Barry Collins fears a disastrous end to net neutrality
You flip open your laptop, click on the BBC iPlayer bookmark and press Play
on the latest episode of QI. But instead of that tedious, plinky-plonky
theme tune droning out of your laptop’s speakers, you’re left staring at the
whirring, circular icon as the video buffers and buffers and buffers...

That’s odd. Not only have you got a new 40Mbits/sec fibre broadband
connection, but you were watching a Full HD video on Sky Player just moments
ago. There’s nothing wrong with your connection; it must be iPlayer. So you
head to Twitter to find out if anyone else is having problems streaming
Stephen Fry et al. The message that appears on your screen leaves you
looking more startled than Bill Bailey. “This service isn’t supported on
your broadband service. Click here to visit our social-networking partner,
Facebook.”

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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3645...-as-we-know-it

On 1/23/2011 8:51 AM, Valorie*~ wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:21:48 -0600, NotMe wrote:
>
>> UK ISPs are threatening to cripple websites that don't pay them first.
>> Barry Collins fears a disastrous end to net neutrality
>> You flip open your laptop, click on the BBC iPlayer bookmark and press Play
>> on the latest episode of QI. But instead of that tedious, plinky-plonky
>> theme tune droning out of your laptop’s speakers, you’re left staring at the
>> whirring, circular icon as the video buffers and buffers and buffers...
>>
>> That’s odd. Not only have you got a new 40Mbits/sec fibre broadband
>> connection, but you were watching a Full HD video on Sky Player just moments
>> ago. There’s nothing wrong with your connection; it must be iPlayer. So you
>> head to Twitter to find out if anyone else is having problems streaming
>> Stephen Fry et al. The message that appears on your screen leaves you
>> looking more startled than Bill Bailey. “This service isn’t supported on
>> your broadband service. Click here to visit our social-networking partner,
>> Facebook.”
>>
>> <snip>
>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/3645...-as-we-know-it
>
> OMG!

Great, he <allegedly> stole FB, now he's <allegedly> buying up the net.