The internet is dead.

[AppleQueso]

I remember my family being too cheap/poor to get real internet so we had to stick with NetZero discs that had a 10 hour/month limit on usage.

[o.pwuaioc]

Is everyone here too young to remember early dial up rates?

No, but I don't want to go back to those dark ages.

[Xeogred]

Is everyone here too young to remember early dial up rates?

No, but I don't want to go back to those dark ages.

Believe me, I had AOL.

[o.pwuaioc]

Is everyone here too young to remember early dial up rates?

No, but I don't want to go back to those dark ages.

Believe me, I had AOL.

Me too...me too...

[BoneSnapDeez]

meh. The provider who decides to do this will lose a bunch of customers. (You can switch service providers, y'know?)

What utopia do you live in where you have a bunch of choices? I have surprisingly few considering I live in the 4th largest city in the US.

Seriously, choices are pretty limited for many people. Fairpoint DSL is the only internet I can get at my house, unless I pay the cable company to run cable down my private road (1,000s of dollars).

[OldSchool_Boy]

Back to watching movies in 10 parts on YouTube.

[AppleQueso]

Back to watching movies in 10 parts on YouTube.

or back to, you know, just spending $1 on a used DVD or something.

[Hatta]

IIRC early dialup rates were comparable to todays cable rates. Fixed cost per month and the only limitation was how many modems they had. At least from the small independent ISP back we had in the 9600 baud days.

[OldSchool_Boy]

Back to watching movies in 10 parts on YouTube.

or back to, you know, just spending $1 on a used DVD or something.

Choices are varied at the local Goodwill

[J T]

I thought the whole net neutrality thing was supposed to protect consumers from this sort of thing happening. Was I wrong about that?

It's getting ridiculous how much the basic cost of living is. It's just expected that the average person have internet access and cellphone, and the rates just keep going up.