will an ubiased internet soon be a thing of the past ???
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:02 am
Interesting post, thanks Jimbo! 
posted by jimbo
i read this and i found it quite disturbing , we take the internet for granted to be able to go to any site we want when we want but if this article is anything to go by that could be a thing of the past
This is an american issue. If the US goes this way it doesn't mean the rest of the world follows suit. Telecom providers would come up against Eu competition laws if they try that here.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol ... 686748.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700430.stm
Hopefully we will keep the kind of culture where companies get regularly smacked back in to place. The US is a dominant player it's by no means a given they will remain that way and they have a habit of assuming we all have to fall in to line.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008 ... oft.europe
European commission fines Microsoft record £680m
Hooray
Microsoft is the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the commission has had to fine for failure to comply with an anti-trust decision," she said. "I hope that today's decision closes a dark chapter in Microsoft's record of non-compliance."