Justice Department Opposes ‘Net Neutrality’

Associated Press

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday said Internet service providers should be allowed to charge a fee for priority Web traffic.

The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices, that it is opposed to “Net neutrality,” the principle that all Internet sites should be equally accessible to any Web user.

Several phone and cable companies, such as AT&T Inc., …

the companies want to Prioritize traffic , traffic shaping. Which in the right hands maybe a good thing. but this is not going to happen. they just want to squeeze more money out of the net. to make sites Pay for there bandwidth used on there network and create another revenue avenue.

an article from SlashDot.org http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/09/06/2329200.shtml

“I was saddened (though not surprised) to read that the Justice Department opposes net neutrality saying that it could “hamper development of the internet.” While it may seem counter-intuitive to me, they argue that allowing ISPs to provide different levels of service/speed for different content will benefit consumers. They did promise to “continue to monitor and enforce any anticompetitive conduct to ensure a competitive broadband marketplace” — not that anyone was worried about that.”

Has the DOJ looked around lately ? there is No competition , and with opposing network neutrality it would only dig this hole further. Now, if you have not traveled out the US you will not realize how badly companies have hamstringed US broadband. First off DSL which rather than upgrade to fiber the companies would rather use existing infrastructure thats aging beyond its years. years back there was an inititave that was suppose to have the US on fiber but that dissapeared. (google 200 billion rip off to find out about that). all this talk about having a “high” and “low” speed lane on the internet they want to create. ITS ALREADY HERE. Look around, low speed lanes. AOL, People PC, Net zero , etc. high speed lanes COX HSI , Verizon Fios(limited areas) , comcast , etc.

Anyways getting back to limited point of view. if you have never been outside the US , you would not believe the speed options you have , In sweden for example – For less than $20 a month you have 100mb up and 100mb down speeds. which is currently 25times faster than most ISP’s in the US , and I do discredit speedboost and light speed or whatever the hell its called because its only a speed burst.

Other counties have no problems devoloping there Internet why should we have any problem unless lobbying gets in the way…….