Kasz216 on 13 May 2010
| Soleron said: Network neutrality is the principle that all kinds of traffic over Internet infrastructure (HTTP, Torrents, streaming TV, VoIP, etc.) should recieve equal priority of transmission. The argument is that if this is not enforced then ISPs will charge unreasonable prices for certain kinds of traffic, or speed up preferentially the traffic of big companies who can afford to pay large incentives to do so, or block certain protocols regardless of whether the traffic is legal, or (really really bad), slow down their competitor ISPs' traffic simply because they are competitors. The FCC is in favour of network neutrality and intends to enforce it on US ISPs, by legislation or regulation, as soon as possible. None of that refers to subscriptions to sites at all. |
However, as far as I'm aware... the EU has bounced around an Idea of making the Internet like Cable. Where they make you pay for certain websites... or they give you a "basics website" plan with stuff like ESPN etc, while you are forced to pay for other websites like pay channels etc...
Kinda like what Google was doing in China.
Want to go to minor websites? Gotta pay us.
