Gadgetory

hi I'm Hollywood from cnet com here with a Molly rant in one minute this week verizon announced an end to its grandfathered unlimited data plans also this week it turned out Comcast's might be prioritizing its Xfinity streaming app over competitors like Netflix on the open Internet while also imposing crazy low bandwidth caps on its customers that comes when thousands of customers paid too much for slow internet access had their data throttled for using too much of it or just generally found that internet access was a slowly disappearing resource the days of unlimited bandwidth are sadly over it's a bummer but I'm a realist I understand that bandwidth is not an unlimited resource much like electricity or water so I'll make a deal with the companies that provide that bandwidth I'll pay for bandwidth like electricity or water but in exchange no price gouging from you no blatant violations of net neutrality no data caps that are so low that I ration my app usage like it's sugar during World War two and absolutely no turning off my internet access if I use too much if you play by rules that are fair to both businesses and customers then we will pay per use the information economy will thrive and everyone will win if not expect giant screaming internet hissy fits and government regulation for years to come read the rest of this rant over at news.com slash Molly rants and thanks for watching