I guess the whole point to all of this is that they all already do this. ISP's already tier their pricing so various packages are available just depending what you want to do.
For instance - I have SBC/AT&T DSL at Home. Now - do you think if I put up a web server on my home dsl access that my ISP wouldn't notice and wouldn't call and ***** at me about it? You bet they would.
Point is they can do all of this right now (black list content right now), and in fact - some providers do! There's even providers that black list other providers, but if any of the big company's try to do this they'd probably all go bankrupt. Either that or people just wouldn't pay for their crappy service anymore (do you think the little guy wouldn't come back twice as strong if they try???) I almost started up my own ISP back in the mid-1990's because of similar junk that was going on back then.
In the end - trying to screw your customer's over isn't a really good business move, so I wouldn't lose any sleep over this.
If they do - get ready for the rogue ISP's to come back.
For instance - I have SBC/AT&T DSL at Home. Now - do you think if I put up a web server on my home dsl access that my ISP wouldn't notice and wouldn't call and ***** at me about it? You bet they would.
Point is they can do all of this right now (black list content right now), and in fact - some providers do! There's even providers that black list other providers, but if any of the big company's try to do this they'd probably all go bankrupt. Either that or people just wouldn't pay for their crappy service anymore (do you think the little guy wouldn't come back twice as strong if they try???) I almost started up my own ISP back in the mid-1990's because of similar junk that was going on back then.
In the end - trying to screw your customer's over isn't a really good business move, so I wouldn't lose any sleep over this.
If they do - get ready for the rogue ISP's to come back.
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