The Mobile Phone Conspiracy
I usually write or post politics here; however I just read something that casual bloggers and Internet surfers should be interested in. Cell companies have an aim to ban free WiFi. That means if you are lucky enough to be in a location that has free hotspots via WiFi, Cell companies want to end your free access. Why? WiFi is cutting into their bottom line.
John C. Dvorak reporting for PCMAG.COM explains why the Cell companies will kill free WiFi.
As you read this article the thought that might come up is: Who owns the Internet? Is it private corporations or government? I am actually semi-ignorant on the history of the Internet; I am fairly certain the World Wide Web was a government and military instrument of communication. Then somehow Bill Gates invented the PC or at least its popular version.
That would make the Internet a public domain rather than something to be controlled by profit. It is the old question of the collective versus ownership. READ IT
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I had a professor who believed that the internet is in its prime stage at the moment. He believes over time the internet will become much more restricted and 'owned' as most things do. There's alot of free material and everything is generally accessible, at the moment.
Maybe this is the first step?
If you Professor is correct, it has all the appearances of the "first step."
However, complaining to your Congressman and a wise distribution of your votes may put off what your Professor considers the inevitible.
Thoughts to think: American Academia felt (an most still do) that Communism or some sort of Socialism would be the utopia of the globe. The oxymoron of the defunct Soviet Union has interrupted Left Wing Utopias.
(PS: I am not accusing your Professor of being Left Wing, I am speaking generally.)