Net Neutrality

DATE: 7/8/2006 7:58:00 PM Net Neutrality. Will it keep the internet safe and access equal for all? Or will it cause budding entrepreneurs with new innovative but bandwidth intensive products out of the free market?
These seem to be the questions. The net neutrality gang thinks it's imperative to set up laws for a future possibility that the telecoms might start throttling bandwidth to some companies. It seems that Google is in the cross hairs, maybe Skype, Vonage, and the many other VOIP companies will be the first to experience QoS issues since they are competing with the telecoms? I tend to agree with John C Dvorak's view on Net Neutrality. I think the Net Neutrality bill needs passage to protect the content providers from future increases in cost for bandwidth. If the individual user is paying for bandwidth into the home already why should there be another premium on the content provider to allow the home user to access it? I'm sure, Google, for example pays a good bit of money for bandwidth.
Now, some of the opponents of Net Neutrality say that passing a law demanding equal access to the internet's bandwidth would stifle future entreprenuers. Not being able to have or PAY for a greater percentage of bandwidth might doom new innovative technology. Is this a possibility? Maybe. I think the more likely development is a larger profit by a increasingly smaller number of companies (Merged telecoms and cable companies).
I admit this article is a little biased for Net Neutrality, but check it out and contact your local congressman before it's too late.