Tuesday, January 10, 2006
A Two-Tiered Internet in Our Future?
A Two-Tiered Internet in Our Future?: "The concept of a two-tiered Internet has been around for more than a decade - but the idea has become more of reality now that the big phone companies, including BellSouth and AT&T, are pushing for it in Congress.
It is expected that the House of Representatives will consider a bill proposing a second tier for the Internet early this year, when it once again takes up the issue of revamping the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The proposal is almost certain to result in outcry from the likes of Google, Yahoo, Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft, which fear that such a move will give the big phone companies too much control over the flow of traffic across the Web."
It is expected that the House of Representatives will consider a bill proposing a second tier for the Internet early this year, when it once again takes up the issue of revamping the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The proposal is almost certain to result in outcry from the likes of Google, Yahoo, Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft, which fear that such a move will give the big phone companies too much control over the flow of traffic across the Web."
