Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 7th Sep 2007 13:37 UTC, submitted by Adurbe
The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic. The agency said it was opposed to 'network neutrality', the idea that all data on the net is treated equally. The comments put the agency at odds with companies such as Microsoft and Google, who have called for legislation to guarantee equal access to the net.
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2006-09-01
I felt the same way then AT&T stated that they were going to start filtering the traffic crossing their pipes.
Generally, I'm anti-regulation and actually argued against this when it first became an issue, but it's looking like the corporations aren't going to play fair.
If the telecos want to accelerate traffic on their network between their customers and accelerate their services to their customers that's fine, but I don't want them to get into the habit of charging for priority.