This article from Lifehacker is an excellent read on the Net Neutrality debate. This is a subject that is very important to anyone who uses the internet for more than just checking their email or reading a few highly syndicated news articles. I urge all of you to seriously follow this issue if you don't want to end up getting priced out of what could easily become the "premium" internet, and forced to use only the basic due to corporate greed, misdirection and aggressive lobbying. Reading the comments may be of interest to some of you as well, and some of the explanations put forth by some of the commenters shed a little more light on not only the implications of this issue, but the stark contrast between the points of view of people on each side of it.
Another really good primer on what Net Neutrality really means is available here: The Open Internet: A Case For Net Neutrality.
If you're curious about the exact details, you can read the full text of the recent FCC rulings here: FCC Daily Releases - Adopted December 21, 2010.
For anyone interested in reading further on the issue, there are several books already out on the subject, and I'm sure there will be plenty more to follow. Check out these listings from Amazon.com.
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