Conspiracy Friday: iPhone = Internet 2 Part 1
There has been much discussion lately regarding the transition from the current free internet into the tightly controlled, heavily regulated and corporately owned Internet 2. With the exception of an extreme speed increase over current internet speeds, there is little to get excited about. In fact there is much to be concerned about, everything from bandwidth restrictions to corporate restrictions on individual free speech. Some of the restrictions are already being implemented by many ISP companies. I believe I am experiencing these restrictions first hand.
From my home office I work remotely using two different VOIP systems, both systems are not supplied through my ISP, Telus, who happens to be a phone company. My first VOIP system is from Vonage and until recently worked extremely well. The second phone VOIP system travels through Telus account but is wired into my office 600 km away. I believe because I’m using alternatives telephone system, Telus is purposely interfering with the transfer of voice data over their network.
When you have a small group of large corporation providing competing content like video or phone, there is going to be competition for who’s services get used. These large corporation are going favor content they provide over their competition. They can accomplish this by slowing or restricting traffic altogether to their competition.
How does this all fit into the the iPhone? The iPhone is nothing new in terms of the way that the data plans are structured but it is probably one of the most recognizable of all the smart phones making it widely popular among consumers and making it easier to sell the new pricing structure to them. Its no secrete that cellular phone companies are subsidiaries of larger phone and internet companies. This is important because these companies condition consumers into paying for limited bandwidth and restricting access to certain website. With most internet phones users are limited to a simple text only version of the internet and cellular providers restrict access to certain sites, effectively censoring users internet access.
The next question is why are they doing this? Why do they want to restrict access? Continued in Part 2
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secrete or secret? Cant wait for part 2