Tag: Fastlane
When the mysterious billboard with the text “The future of the internet belongs to the highest bidder” appeared in San Francisco, it seemed satirical, but not unbelievable. The accompanying website Jointhefastlane.com advertised premium access to the internet — like the “35x faster” downloading speed on websites like “Videotube” and “Movieflix” — for a hefty fee. Today, BitTorrent […]
A strange billboard has popped up in San Francisco. White capital letters on a red background read, “The future of the internet belongs to the highest bidder,” followed by the website jointhefastlane.com. The billboard is an ad for an alleged company called Fastlane, which purports to give you, for a considerable fee, “priority access to the websites […]
