The future of unencrypted web traffic

The future of unencrypted web traffic

Posted Jan 4, 2008 18:28 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: The future of unencrypted web traffic by drag
Parent article: The future of unencrypted web traffic

I completely agree with all of this -- we should retain our right to negotiate whatever service we want with our ISPs. If the ISP offers crappy service and a low price, I should be able to buy that. I also would rather see the government own the network outright than tell the putative owners how to operate it (i.e. commandeer it).

But, sadly, I'm sure this means that the kind of service people are asking for here would not exist. There just aren't enough of us who care about unmolested web pages, privacy, RFC compliance, transparent channels, and such to create a market. ISPs will offer an extremely limited service that fits the needs of 95% of their home customers and the other 5% won't be able to afford what they want.

What people crying for encryption and regulation want is to stifle their competition -- other consumers. When my neighbors aren't able to get their crappy restricted, low-price service, they will instead demand the higher service level I want and the volume will bring my price down.

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