So the larger question of the importance of Net Neutrality... what are you thougts, dwellars?
Should ISPs such as Comcast be permitted to inspect what kind of traffic flows to and from your home and prioritize different aspects of that traffic according to its own desires? Or should all your traffic be treated equally?
You want a real world example? Ok. There have been complaints that Comcast has degraded or even blocked traffic for VOIP service to and from Vonage. Vonage, an internet phone company, offers a service that competes with a similar service from Comcast.
Then there's the topic of P2P traffic. Comcast (again) has been found to have degraded the traffic between P2P systems. Worse, they lied about doing so, and worse still, were caught in that lie.
Cite. Very good article, recommended.
I especially like the introduction of the new term "protocol agnostic" as an alternative to the incendiary "neutral". Who knew neutral, wasn't?!