Star Tribune, May 29, 2006
By John Reinan

Imagine if the Internet were like cable TV.

You pay $40 a month to Time Warner or Comcast, and you get a menu of 80 websites to visit.

Want to go to a site devoted to Japanese anime cartoons? Sorry, that's not on the menu. Looking for that crazy blog about the history of matchbook covers? No longer available — or so slow to load it's not worth your while.

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