Virtual People Power

August, 2007

CORPORATIONS WANT TO CHARGE TOLLS ON THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY. ORDINARY AMERICANS ARE SAYING NOOver the past year, network neutrality has become an unusual cause celebre. It has been talked up by Moby, endorsed by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and even inspired demonstrations. What's the fuss about? Network neutrality refers to a fundamental design fea­ture of the Internet that dates from the 1970s. It is the principle that says the Internet should not, as far as pos­sible, discriminate a...