If VPNs get banned, Tor will likely be included. The future of cable: One day you open your bill and find an announcement that says your monthly cable services fee now only entitles you to only 100 hrs of cable supplied TV per month. (remember that 18 minutes of commercials per hour is the norm). After 100 hrs you pay $3.00 per hour plus a $25.00 fee for going over your allotment. Larger blocks of hours are available at a higher fee. Would you keep your service? Most wouldn't. Well the Internet is already like that for a lot of people. You pay for your connection, and pay extra if you go over your data allotment. And you pay on top of that for access to any service like Netflix, which will be the likely reason you go over your data allotment. Stop the madness! Cancel your cable service. Get an antenna for over the air TV broadcasts. Use public WiFi hotspots. With a range extender antenna I can reach from my home 6 local WiFi Hotspots from Wal Mart, McDonald's and 4 Coffee Shops.
A VPN is the equivalent of blinds on your home's windows. A lot more real crime goes on in the homes of the world, yet no one has spoken out against blinds and curtains.
I cut the cord 6 yrs ago. I propose that citizens protest by reducing their cable service to the lowest level possible or eliminate it all together. Thanks to digital over the air TV broadcasts a small antenna even inside the home can pull in many channels crystal clear.
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If VPNs get banned, Tor will likely be included.
The future of cable: One day you open your bill and find an announcement that says your monthly cable services fee now only entitles you to only 100 hrs of cable supplied TV per month. (remember that 18 minutes of commercials per hour is the norm).
After 100 hrs you pay $3.00 per hour plus a $25.00 fee for going over your allotment. Larger blocks of hours are available at a higher fee.
Would you keep your service? Most wouldn't.
Well the Internet is already like that for a lot of people. You pay for your connection, and pay extra if you go over your data allotment. And you pay on top of that for access to any service like Netflix, which will be the likely reason you go over your data allotment.
Stop the madness! Cancel your cable service. Get an antenna for over the air TV broadcasts. Use public WiFi hotspots. With a range extender antenna I can reach from my home 6 local WiFi Hotspots from Wal Mart, McDonald's and 4 Coffee Shops.
Restricting VPN use
A VPN is the equivalent of blinds on your home's windows. A lot more real crime goes on in the homes of the world, yet no one has spoken out against blinds and curtains.
I cut the cord 6 yrs ago. I propose that citizens protest by reducing their cable service to the lowest level possible or eliminate it all together. Thanks to digital over the air TV broadcasts a small antenna even inside the home can pull in many channels crystal clear.