JS_Harris - 11:28 am on Mar 10, 2009 (gmt 0)

If a hosting provider slows down the connection to my websites I'm done with that provider.

If an internet provider slows down the connection my base demographic has in accessing my sites I'm going to write an article informing my visitors of such and link it from every site footer.

This shouldn't even be a discussion honestly, when a website slows down it's up to the webmasters to reduce it's size, not the governments.

I fear that this debate may lead to an internet that begins charging webmasters and hosting providers access fees, driving the cost of owning a website through the roof.

History teaches us that when powers begin discussing neutrality, peace, goodness... freedom is the cost. How many webmasters will have to close down sites so the rich can monopolize further?

The net should remain neutral, always. Paying to slow down the competition should be illegal, it's not fair practice.