WASHINGTON (AP) – 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. (ATT), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) (VZ) and Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) (CMCSA), have previously said they want the option to charge some users more money for loading certain content or Web sites faster than others.
The Justice Department said imposing a Net neutrality regulation could hamper development of the Internet and prevent service providers from upgrading or expanding their networks. It could also shift the "entire burden of implementing costly network expansions and improvements onto consumers," the agency said in its filing.
Double taxation. Fucking Justice Department. Worst Justice Department in HISTORY.
This is very bad news. Democratic net neutrality is a force for peace in this grave new world. Will porn bloggers or their fans be charged unfair user fees for the web? And will only the agenda of the wealthy and crooked have a voice online?
The same fascist folks who black covert opped us into an illegal war and are outsourcing the US economy now wish to control the Internet so they can rule cyberspace, censor web truth info and sell fair access to the highest bidder.
Welcome to yet more dark age legislative tactics of the fall of Western Rome.
http://savetheinternet.com/=faq
“The consequences of a world without Net Neutrality would be devastating. Innovation would be stifled, competition limited, and access to information restricted. Consumer choice and the free market would be sacrificed to the interests of a few corporate executives.
On the Internet, consumers are in ultimate control ‚Äî deciding between content, applications and services available anywhere, no matter who owns the network. There’s no middleman. But without Net Neutrality, the Internet will look more like cable TV. Network owners will decide which channels, content and applications are available; consumers will have to choose from their menu.”
Money talks!
True. But it won’t save the control freak greed merchants in the event of a revolution.