For example, if you're a search engine user, and love looking up things on Google, Bing or Yahoo, then TELCO would charge you an extra $5 per month for access.
What if you're a real news junkie, and like taking in the news from a global perspective?
TELCO would charge you another $5 per month to access international news websites like the BBC.
But don't think that means TELCO will give you access to U.S.-based news for free.
Nope, it wants you to pay another $5 per month for access to American news websites like CNN, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times.
Now, say you're done reading the news, and want to watch the latest viral YouTube hit, or an episode of your favorite show on Netflix.
To do either of those things, you're going to have to pay TELCO an extra $10 to $15 per month.
Finally, say you're a big online shopper.
Well, if you want access to sites like Amazon, Ebay, or Overstock.com, you'll have to pay TELCO another $5 per month.
While this could happen today, if the Comcast-Time Warner merger goes through, it becomes far more likely.
So shouldn't we be enforcing things like the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, so that we have a lot of small and medium-sized internet service providers competing with each other, keeping down prices for American consumers?
And isn't it time to put net-neutrality into law so that these big internet service providers can't volcanize the internet, like with Quink's telco example?
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