AT&T: Pay Me, Screw Net Neutrality

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Published on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Save the Internet
AT&T: Pay Me, Screw Net Neutrality

by Craig Aaron


From electricity to earmuffs, once you buy a product or service from a company, it shouldn't be any of their business how you choose to use it.

The power company doesn't say you can't use the energy-saving features on your new refrigerator unless you buy more electricity; and your grocer doesn't make you buy an extra loaf of bread if you stop purchasing potato chips.

Then there's the upside-down world of AT&T -- where Ma Bell's spawn sees nothing wrong with making you buy more of what you don't want just to use something you like.

AT&T's latest proposal is a clear violation of Net Neutrality -- the fundamental principle that keeps the open Internet free from discrimination -- and a serious test of whether the Federal Communications Commission will protect mobile users. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/22-1