HELL YEAH

[dark_puck]

So I just got an email back from my English professor -- I wound up missing class Thursday evening because I was undergoing some pretty bad cramps and was in need of vino therapy, so he had me email him my potential topics for the research paper, with the caveat that I probably would not get the one I wanted since I would not be in class and would

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[hedgehog39]

Gratz! Possible points:

-Limitation of accessible information: Many users will have their ability to collect different sets of data (such as political platforms of individuals running for local office or product reviews for two competing products) limited by how much bandwidth they are provided by their ISP.
This impairs the public's ability to collect information from different sources and make informed decision with regards to consumer products and political/voting choices by skewing the information flow in favor of the party that is more willing to pay the ISPs for greater bandwidth.

-Segregation: High-throughput net applications (streaming video and social networking) may become difficult for people at lower income brackets to access (due to ISPs charging higher rates for more throughput), leading to a "ghettoization" of internet use

[charles_rb]

Hurrah!

(Some people want mandatory service in order to Straighten Out Those Young Tearaways. I can think of potential downsides to aggressive youths learning tactics and organisation.)

[freedom1776]

Congrats! I don't have any ideas, but then, I'm rather braindead from mandatory, unwilling jury duty.