Evil monopolists and the future of the internet

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester

"The End of the Internet?" by Jeff Chester

First 'graph:
"The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming
set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory
Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a
fee for virtually everything we do online."


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