60000 Incredible Websites that Will Be Destroyed by Bandwidth Limits

By now many of us have heard the disturbing news where the major internet corporations of America are planning to serve us up tiered internet pricing. Personally I'll probably find something else to spend my money on besides internet if that happens because all the things I enjoy here will be gone. Between general surfing on the internet, video viewing, radio listening, and working I would go way beyond the proposed caps that are circulating in the stories posted on the internet yesterday and today. And quite frankly, I do not consider myself a power user. I probably use about three to four gigs a day bandwidth which would be between ninety and one hundred and twenty gigabytes a month. That is over twice as much as they are purposing to charge fifty dollars a month for. I freely admit that this country needs incredible amounts of cash to deal with the structural decay that has been occurring for thirty years now. This did not happen because of over population or even abuse. It happened simply because of a misunderstanding of priorities. Companies made record profits and paid out record dividends to their shareholders ignoring their responsibilities to their territories and customers. They took and took but put little into maintaining the infrastructure they built and now it has started to decay. Now on to the incredible websites that would be destroyed by internet caps:

The first wave of death on the internet would probably be Youtubes. Lets face it Youtube uses a lot of bandwidth and many of us find great amusement in going through thousands of videos a day looking for something interesting. Youtube and others sites like it have given a voice to the people the likes of which has never been seen before. Just about anyone with a video camera, some free software available on the Internet, and a high speed connection can tell the world what they think and there are almost no censors in place to prevent that from happening. Youtube you will be missed. We loved you, Rest in peace.

The second wave of death would probably be Skype. The Skypes of the world with their with built in voice chat and optional video sharing use a lot of bandwidth too. But oh how wonderful it is to talk to your friends and family without paying the cursed phone company by the minute. I have never been fond of being charged by the minute. I was always worried about spending to much money so I avoided using the service much at all. With unlimited usage plans in vogue I found so many uses for the internet it has become to me a utility more so than a luxury. Good bye Skype. I'm miss the voices and faces of my friends but hey I'll still be able to afford a few emails a month so not all is lost. Skype you will be missed as well. Rest in peace my friend.

The third wave of death would probably be the commercial video websites where we are already starting to watch our daily doses of television. Sites such as Hula.com, ABC.com, NBC.com, FOX.com, Netflix, and Blockbuster would all die a quick death. These sites probably will be using more bandwidth than anything else in the future because the public wants this type of service. And we don't want to be locked in to high prices when we know the cost of distribution will be going down so very much. Rarely now do I ever watch actual television anymore. If I want to watch a piece of content, its usually on DVD or streamed. And I want the highest quality streaming content possible too. Why would I want to go back into the past and view video at VCR quality when HD technology has just matured? None of you would I'm sure. Goodbye Internet television. Rather that pay high prices to watch you I will act as if I never knew you. Rest in peace dude.

The forth wave of death will be the freeware sharing sites. Freeware was never designed to make money. It was designed to help the peoples of the planet gain access to software they would never have been able to afford any other way. Its a means of charity and service to all of humanity to produce a piece of freeware. Freeware, Rest In Peace my dear companion, you will be missed most of all.

The fifth wave of death will be most of the audio broadcasters. Podcasts and streaming radio will be mostly a thing of the past. Podcasts gave a voice to the peoples just like video sites do and they use less bandwidth. But you will find such a large variety of content on podcast sites that it would be a cultural disaster for all of this to disappear. Audio you were my friend as well and you will be missed. Rest in peace my brother.

The sixth wave of death will affect me almost as much as the forth did. With the expansion of the internet and cheap accessibility came the creation of many different types of social sites on the web. One type of these sites in particular, digital artwork sites, appeal to me greatly. Before websites like Deviant Art.com and 3dCommune.com were online I had little chance to learn to appreciate artwork of all kinds. These sites have enriched mine and countless others lives culturally and creatively. Deviant Art.com is especially dear to my heart and will be missed greatly. Rest in peace my friend and companion.

This country has got to have a change of priorities quickly. We simply do not have the funds to continue to fight wars around the world unless we intend to allow our own country to just fall apart. That money needs to be spent expanding and maintaining all of our infrastructure. Our roads are in the worst shape they have been in thirty years. Many of our bridges need extensive work that local areas claim there is no money to fix. And out Internet is growing old and will die soon without revitalization. I support a nationwide tax on all telecommunications products to pay for the upgraded infrastructure that is going to be needed over the next decade. Tiered Internet pricing will create another class of the haves and have-nots and yet again the poor are going to loose out. The middle and upper class with be affected as well. Much of our culture now is intertwined on the internet and many interesting and useful sites will disappear into the bowels of history.

When you add all the above up and include so many others I did not mention, the number of websites that will go the way of the dinosaur will probably surpass hundreds of millions. Please call your Internet service providers and let them know you do not support internet caps in anyway. The cultural development of our society is in danger of being disrupted from this business model that was abandoned almost two decades ago. Call your local, state, and federal representatives and send them a copy of this article as a statement of the damage that will occur if this business model is allowed to develop and mature. Let them know you will do what ever it takes within the realm of the law to make sure their political careers are over if they continue to support anything other than freely accessible Internet that is priced where even the poorest of people can afford it. Speak to them also of net neutrality and how important and necessary it is for Internet providers to remain neutral in relation to the content flowing over their networks. Together we can show a few bad apples that were not going to take this type of treatment laying down...but rather standing tall and united ready to do battle until victory is achieved.