Internet prices will go up in the UK

[lancis]

The Internet is already consuming at least 8 per cent of Britain's power output, equivalent to the output of three nuclear power stations, and demand is soaring, says one academic.

"It is growing so fast, currently at an exponential rate, that, in theory, it could be using all the UK power generation by 2035.


?We cannot make all that extra power, so we will have to restrict or reduce access, perhaps by metering consumers so they pay for what they use."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11580307/Internet-rationing-needed-as-UK-cannot-keep-up-with-demand.html

 

[iAuthority]

it's really sad to all...

 

[hekke]

Why not take a bit of what that new royalty earned UK?
I am sure she/he won't need it for a while anyways!


J/K
Don't freak out on me, I know it's a lot more than those $395 million that it rise with.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

It seems like some kind of scam the ISP's are about to be running in the UK.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

 

[cottonwolf]

this is interesting, it just gives one more reason for people to leave this country

 

[Hawkster]

Yeah we can be sure as shit internet companies will become like energy companies ripping people off.

Once anything becomes a necessity (which you can probably say internet access is or will be) they will charge wtf they like.

 

[cottonwolf]

it's a nice country, don't get me wrong, in theory.
if you got rid of royals, the filthy dumbocracy we have, the nice shiny weather and fucking mary poppings, this country could be bearable.
you've got nice people, indoctrinated with consumer mindset, so it's a nice place to plough money from.
but living here is goddamn expensive, not to mention how beautiful the weather is

Yeah we can be sure as shit internet companies will become like energy companies ripping people off.

Once anything becomes a necessity (which you can probably say internet access is or will be) they will charge wtf they like.

 

[Capo Dei Capi]

But couldn't new internet companies form if there the existing ones get too expensive and there is a demand for lower price?