[Reader-list] The death of the Internet as we know it

[Pheeta Ram]

I wonder how "putting a price on browsing will hurt the third world the
most" where most of the people haven't even heard of this creature. Who
browses the internet? Why and what for? If we can pay for
the internet now we would do even then even if it begins costing us an arm.
Moreover, technology has this
uncanny habit of surmounting all odds: if internet goes down as we know it,
there will be something
else, better. Internet earns more revenue in being (apparently) free than it
would by being otherwise. Logic of capital
leaves little room for this untimely lament.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Lalit Ambardar <lalitambardar at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> Putting a price on
> browsing will hurt the third world the most. Already, monopoly lead highly
> exaggerated
> cost of software is limiting access to new technologies. Typical
> capitalistic
> approach- they let you have it free & get used to it, now will make you
> pay. Wonder, how the Govts. are going to handle it ?
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> Regards all
>
> L
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> > From: monica at sarai.net
> > To: reader-list at sarai.net
> > Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:24:38 +0530
> > Subject: [Reader-list] The death of the Internet as we know it
> >
> > Claudia Borges:
> > The internet as we know it is at risk. The new rules in the EU (the
> > Telecoms package) voted on May 6 and will be negotiated again in
> > Autumn propose that broadband providers will be legally able to limit
> > the number of websites you can look at, and to tell you whether or not
> > you are allowed to use particular services. It will be dressed up as
> > ‘new consumer options’ which people can choose from. People will be
> > offered TV-like packages – with a limited number of options for you to
> > access. It means that the Internet will be packaged up and your
> > ability to access and to put up content could be severely restricted.
> > It will create boxes of Internet accessibility, which don’t fit with
> > the way we use it today.
> >
> > http://blackouteurope.eu/,/
> >
> > Monica Narula
> > Raqs Media Collective
> > Sarai-CSDS
> > www.raqsmediacollective.net
> > www.sarai.net
> >
> >
> >
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