http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality_in_the_United_States
Network Neutrality is a very important issue to anyone who uses the internet, and anyone who runs a business utilizing the web.
Some broadband providers have proposed to start charging content providers in return for higher levels of service, creating what is known as a tiered Internet. Packets originating from providers who pay the additional fees would in some fashion be given better than "neutral" handling, while those content providers who do not pay the higher fees would get a lesser level of service. Given this ability to accelerate the handling of selected packets, the service providers would perhaps give Quality of Service guarantees to given senders or recipients.
The legal debate about net neutrality regulations echoes previous arguments about the public interest requirements of the telecommunications industry, and whether companies involved in broadcasting are best viewed as community trustees, with obligations to society and consumers, or marketplace participants with obligations only to their shareholders.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality_in_the_United_States
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