The U.S. Sentate panel has sided with the telcos in allowing them to create a two-tier Internet. Get ready to pay more for your Internet services and if you’re looking to start a new Internet company, you’ll have to factor in the toll to the carriers to get your content to the public at reasonable speeds. I wonder who the first telco will be to stop (or at best degrade their service) Skype, Vonage, and other VoIP services. We should all be writing to the Whitehouse to have the bill vetoed when it gets to the President’s desk.
WASHINGTON–A U.S. Senate panel narrowly rejected strict Net neutrality rules on Wednesday, dealing a grave setback to companies like eBay, Google and Amazon.com that had made enacting them a top political priority this year.
Senate deals blow to Net neutrality | CNET News.com
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Telcos Rule The Internet…
Most ISPs already filter traffic in order to reduce costs…….