A few years ago an American politician suggested limiting the internet to subscribed channels. 
I have no idea how the net works ,and hopefully the pos who thought it was a good idea has more knowledge than I have.
He wanted to limit the areas that we could surf, maybe only south west USA , but you could pay for an extended range , and pay more for an even more extended area to connect with.
I'm sure internet providers would love it.
Sort of like buying tv channels in packages .