I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this article. For those of us who believe net neutrality is important for a slew of reasons, this is maddening. It pictures a slide from a marketing webinar put on by Allot Communications and Openet and describes how companies (like AT&T and Verizon, who are both on their client rosters) can charge users different rates for visiting different sites. They can even scan encrypted packets to determine which sites you are using! I there is something that is the exact opposite of net neutrality, this is it. If this is allowed, what's stopping the same companies from forcing (or persuading by slow or unreliable connections, for instance) customers to use the sites carriers want you to use?
If you want to do something about the issue of net neutrality, you can go to Commoncause.org and do something about it. We must make sure practices like this are not allowed to go on!
Click here to visit Engadget's website and read the article.
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