Telco's are in the business to make money, and they do that when they have a large percentage of customers, which is why services get cheaper all the time - to appeal to a larger customer base. Blocking content is not a good business model and so far I don't recall anyone doing this - do you have proof that any current telcom is blocking content or holding their customers hostage?
And again, you seem to think tiers of service is not something a company should be able to charge for - Large users, like Engineering projects, hospitals, insurance companies transmitt tons of data and pay more for the speed/size of their usage. Who do you think would benefit from a one-size-fits-all type of system? Certainly not the consumer because they would bring everyone UP to pay for the difference they get now by charging more to those who use more.
You sound like those who whined about the Patriot Act and the liberties they were "possibly" going to lose. The telecoms are there to appeal to a broad base of customers and the first one who attempted to block content to PAYING sites, would start losing customers.
That is HORRIBLE for the consumer. It allows the telco's to demand payment from content providers or they will not get to the telco's customers/make it agonizingly slow.
And again, if a company/content provider isn't paying his bill, why should anyone allow it to go out for free?
That you for this post. I now fully realize that you have no concept of how the internet works. Given your lack of understanding, your stance is perfectly reasonable. I suggest you investigate how the internet started, progressed and is in the state it is in now. The concepts you are espousing are at complete odds with the principles that build the internet.
telco’s charge customers for use of their networks. That should be it. AS soon as telco’s reach in to the info going through their networks(barring illegal activity of course), the internet is dead.
The internet will die based on the views you are pushing.
Again, investigate the information agnostic nature of the internet to understand.