Unregulated Internet

Posted by CatieM 12 years, 2 months ago to Culture
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I was thinking about this the other day.

If internet wasn't regulated do you think we would be in the same spot as we are now, or do you think it would be more cutthroat.

For example:

If you purchased internet from Verizon, it would block all other phone companies websites except for verizon, block companies that don't support verizon's goals as a company?

Obviously the consumer would revolt, but if everyone did it at the beginning, would we have widespread access to the internet like we do now? I mean business is business, when you are streaming through servers it would be easy to set up road blocks and detours that kept your consumers on websites you would rather promote.


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  • Posted by overmanwarrior 12 years, 2 months ago
    The internet is the closest thing to pure capitalism that we have, and I would say is the example of what the world economy should be. If not for the internet, it is likely that the freedom movement we are all seeing today, wouldn't happen.
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