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It is important to remember that the internet is in high demand. It was not always so. When Corporate money interests realized that there was something out there so valuable, it became in their interest to participate, and to do so by the means they have always used. stack up enough money and what has been free or cheap becomes expensive and exclusive to those with money privilege. This is not about bit-torrent, or any retail user operation. This argument is the excuse for the big players to raise prices or suffer diminished service. It will create an internet elite of large corporate interests and upper income individuals.
privilege will be the rule. As example I offer "Cyber squating" that prevents person from registering the names of copy-written companies. yet one can easily register a proper name like jones or roberts, though there are many person that may have a better claim to that name. they lack the large legal war chests necessary to make a case.
net neutrality is in deep trouble and without some powerful; movement the net will become another gated community, at least for Americans

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