The Zeitgeist

In next week’s issue (available online now) of <a href=”http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester”> The Nation</a>, Jeff Chester has a peice on the upcoming Balkanization plans for the Internet, courtesy of the phone/media companies.

According to Chester, “<em>Industry planners are mulling new subscription plans that would further limit the online experience, establishing “platinum,” “gold” and “silver” levels of Internet access that would set limits on the number of downloads, media streams or even e-mail messages that could be sent or received.</em>”

Oy-vey.     OK, now where’d I put those <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP”>UUCP</a> sources…

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