2012 the Internet ends

[panax]

The highest level paladin, Athene on WoW, his friends, and his hot girlfriend are apparently saying this...



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I Power

2012: The Year The Internet Ends

06/01/2008 - Every significant Internet provider around the globe is currently in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium: no more freedom, you pay for a small commercial package of sites you can visit and you'll have to pay for seperate subscriptions for every site that's not in the package.

Almost all smaller websites/services will disappear over time and multinationals who are used to using big budgets to brute force their content into every media outlet will finally be able to approach the internet in the same way.

This well-known illustration of why we need net neutrality turns out to be very close to the truth:


What can we do?

Internet providers have realized that the only way to not lose massive amounts of customers over this is to make sure there are no alternatives, that's why all major Internet providers are currently making agreements and planning to switch simultaneously somewhere in the year 2012. This is currently all going on under very strict NDA's (Non-Disclosure Agreements) because the last thing they want is the masses speaking out against it.

We were able to uncover this information because we have been well-known net neutrality activists for longer than a year now and over time have we've gotten in contact with many high-profile industry insiders. We will continue our activism and the I Power website serves as a platform for joining forces, sharing ideas and spreading awareness.

It's our responsibility to spread the word, use any sort of political or media contacts you may know. The more awareness there is, the more impossible it'll be for Internet providers to make this switch. Let's make sure that by 2012, ISP's won't even dare think about doing anything that goes against the principles of net neutrality.


More info...

Net neutrality has been a much debated issue for several years now and there have been many lawsuits in cases where an Internet provider blocked access to a certain competitor's site or simply crippled download speeds on services that they felt were using up too much of their bandwidth. But this new information that has now been confirmed by inside sources from major ISP's and content providers gives us a far bleaker vision of what the future of Internet freedom will look like if we don't take action in every way we can.

Why is this happening? The entire media and marketing industry is losing its grip on the upcoming generations of Internet-minded consumers. Statistics show that traditional media is losing popularity as the Internet continues to grow drastically every year. And the Internet is a completely different place: consumers aren't passive any more and advertisements don't have the same psychological effect they normally have on television. Internet users are very active and focused: they only go to the sites and services they want, and with an infinite amount of alternatives, users simply switch to something else if one service becomes too commercialized with annoying advertisements.With this in mind, it's no surprise that the past 6 years the industry has secretly been planning a 'take-over' to secure the Internet as a purely commercial playground.


Spread The Word

But there is hope... More and more people are becoming aware of the importance of net neutrality and now that we have uncovered what the industries have been plotting, it's not just about big corporations forming shady agreements, it's about what they will say to their users who will demand an explanation from their providers on what will happen to their access in 2012. As long as there are alternatives, we can pressure those providers who admit to being against net neutrality and favor those who take a stand and choose to give their users their freedom even after 2012. We can keep pushing for net neutrality laws and we can start spreading awareness on a massive scale to make sure that ISP's think twice before signing anything that'll go against the freedom that made the Internet into the important open medium that it is today.

It's our responsibility, spread the word and use any sort of political or media contacts you may know. Let's make sure that by 2012, ISP's won't even dare think about doing anything that goes against the principles of net neutrality.

Was sagt ihr dazu?

[mendaxx]

Interessant und gleichzeitig nicht neu. Ich habe schon einmal davon gelesen, dass geplant war, Internet-Accounts mit Seitenbeschränkungen zu versehen. D.h. kleines Paket mit Infoseiten (je nach Bestbieter - z.B. nur Zugriff auf die Google-Krake und keine andere Suchmaschine), mittleres Paket mit Pornoseiten odgl., und großes Paket mit uneingeschränktem Zugriff (schweineteuer). Also ein Modell ähnlich dem Kabelfernsehen.

[maxb]

beim nächsten mal postest soetwas bitte am 1. April

[Don Manuel]

Zitat von maxb

beim nächsten mal postest soetwas bitte am 1. April

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[Baron]

Mancher Schwachsinn taucht -in der einen oder anderen Form - immer wieder auf!
Das ist einer davon!

beim nächsten mal postest soetwas bitte am 1. April
richtig Max

[alterego100%]

Hat der kikakater einen neuen Nick?

[iG0r]

Sollten die Provider tatsächlich so dumm sein, dann bin ich am nächsten Tag beim Notar und gründe einen neuen Provider. So reich kann man sonst nur im Traum werden

[Baron]

@ Alterego
!
Aber gemein brauchst auch net gleich werden (kika) - es dürfte sich um ein jüngeren "Seniormember" handeln -er traut sich ja auch das Alter net bekannt zu geben - ist wahrscheinlich noch durch solche "Geistermeldungen" beeindruckbar-im Gegensatz zu uns "OLDIES"

[panax]

@ Baron

Ist es vl. möglich das wir uns rein zufällig aus einem anderen Forum "kennen"?
Wenn es so ist dann habe ich mich sehr gut gehalten denn als "jung" kann man mich schon lang nicht mehr einstufen.

ah wayne interessierts!

Forum trolling FTW!!!

[Baron]

Wie beim Lotto-alles ist möglich! Es wäre hilfreich wen du (wie ich und viele andere) dein geb. jahr im profil eintragen würdest-dann wüssten wir alle mehr-braucht sich ja niemand zu genieren -wie ich immer sage jeder wird jeden Tag um einen Tag Älter!
BTW ich bin in verschidene Foren aktiv -und heisse nicht nur Baron! Und darum gfreuts mich immer so wenn mich diverse "mächtige" mit sperren bedrohen-denk ich mir immer hab ich zeit für die anderen- das inet ist so vielfältig und es gibt so viel Leute die mit mir reden WOLLEN!