The end is nigh?

[Snakeadelic]

A bigger concern I have heard about for many is that the data transporters are DESPERATE to find a way to charge extra for ALL net access. Prioritizing data speeds is only the beginning of what the lower-class and low-middle-class people I've spoken to are worried about.

There is the fear that if Net Neutrality (treating internet access as a public utility like water, gas, or electricity) is ended, your ISP subscription money will only be enough to allow accessing the internet. Few doubt that if allowed, the big telecommunications companies will charge either per minute or per data amount the very minute doing so becomes legal. That would cripple schools and libraries, and in my case it would mean only 1 computer in my household would be able to be used for internet activities due to both of us being on fixed (and very low) incomes. My sweetie's social life is online, whereas this forum is pretty much the only place I socialize online, so my computer would be offlined permanently (or until regulations dropped the costs by A LOT).