I saw this one over the weekend, and it’s really fascinating/scary. The author uses specific companies, and the paragraph I isolated uses Comcast as the hypothetical provider. I am not here to pick on them (again this is just the author’s future, it isn’t like Comcast has gone and done this) but it’s a fascinating look at how things could go in a world of Internet fast lanes.
The entire article is worth the read, but here is a taste.
Everything in Comcast Country is fast. Yahoo is fast. Facebook is fast. You don’t know how much Rupert Murdoch paid for his fast lane, but it must be a lot: nothing loads as quickly as Fox News. Microsoft made a deal for its new console, so the Xbox lives in Comcast Country. You’d honestly rather play Killzone 7 than Titanfall: Black Ops, but PlayStation multiplayer costs extra. Everything outside of Comcast Country is slow, and you have to look at Comcast’s ads before you leave the border. But at least the ads don’t suck. Comcast knows everywhere you go on the internet, and it knows what you like. Yes, I do need a new bicycle, you think to yourself. But only from Amazon, not eBay. eBay is slow. Amazon is in Comcast Country.
via Your corporate internet nightmare starts now | The Verge.