[LINK] net neutrality overthrow in US?

[Jan Whitaker]

>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/technology/05secret.html
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>Google and Verizon Near Deal on Web Pay Tiers
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>WASHINGTON - Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet 
>service and content, are nearing an agreement that could allow 
>Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly 
>if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege.
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>The charges could be paid by companies, like YouTube, owned by 
>Google, for example, to Verizon, one of the nation's leading 
>Internet service providers, to ensure that its content received 
>priority as it made its way to consumers. The agreement could 
>eventually lead to higher charges for Internet users.
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>Such an agreement could overthrow a once-sacred tenet of Internet 
>policy known as net neutrality, in which no form of content is 
>favored over another. In its place, consumers could soon see a new, 
>tiered system, which, like cable television, imposes higher costs 
>for premium levels of service...


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