{"id":603782,"date":"2009-10-28T08:44:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=120816"},"modified":"2009-10-28T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:44:02","slug":"this-is-what-it-sounds-like-when-net-neutrality-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/603782","title":{"rendered":"This is what it sounds like when Net Neutrality dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/net-neutrality.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/net-neutrality-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"net-neutrality\" title=\"net-neutrality\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-120817\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/tag\/net-neutrality\/\">Net Neutrality argument<\/a> is fairly nebulous for the average user but this image from a Reddit reader shows the effects of the law in a way everyone can understand. If you&#8217;re tired of paying tiered pricing for stuff like cable and Internet access, how would you like to pay tiered pricing for the websites you visit. Want to watch Hulu? Add $10. Need eBay, even for a month? $5, please. <\/p>\n<p>While this is obviously a worst case scenario, this sort of bundling is a favorite pastime of most stream providers. For years voicemail was a privilege, not a right, and there are still grannies out there renting phones from the phone company. While month-to-month the costs might not seem like much, this sort of thing adds up to delicious profit. [via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/9yj1f\/heres_a_new_scenario_i_just_created_illustrating\/\">reddit<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/KVBo9cpMJiiWCoAG-pFo-VxFh6s\/0\/da\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/KVBo9cpMJiiWCoAG-pFo-VxFh6s\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br\/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/KVBo9cpMJiiWCoAG-pFo-VxFh6s\/1\/da\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/KVBo9cpMJiiWCoAG-pFo-VxFh6s\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=hfSNRR4ihrI:LuH-grf5zKQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=hfSNRR4ihrI:LuH-grf5zKQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=hfSNRR4ihrI:LuH-grf5zKQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=hfSNRR4ihrI:LuH-grf5zKQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=hfSNRR4ihrI:LuH-grf5zKQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Net Neutrality argument is fairly nebulous for the average user but this image from a Reddit reader shows the effects of the law in a way everyone can understand. If you&#8217;re tired of paying tiered pricing for stuff like cable and Internet access, how would you like to pay tiered pricing for the websites [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2x4q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}