A Tiered Internet ... The New Digital Divide

A TIERED INTERNET... THE NEW DIGITAL DIVIDE
[SOURCE: Diary of a Community Technology Advocate, AUTHOR: Angela Stuber]
[Commentary] If "pay to play" is legislated, our Internet service will be tiered like our cable and we will have created a new Digital Divide. I have enough work trying to bridge the current Digital Divide… a tiered Internet will keep even more folks from accessing portions of the "Information Superhighway". Oh wait, there’s more… it will not only create inequal access from the consumer side but also make new business entry to the Internet more difficult. ‘Cause we know most new small businesses will not have the funds to “pay to play”. E-commerce is providing folks from all arenas an equal business opportunity, including folks with disabilities. Withdrawing that level playing fields just to boost bottom line of the Internet providers seems anti-economic development and downright Un-American.
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