You soon may lose quick access to favorite websites, despite the speed of your telephone or cable service.
Congress is debating a bill designed to let AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and other providers determine how fast or slow those sites load.
Sites that refuse to pay will end up in the Internet’s slow lane. And dialup connections, notoriously lengthy, will take even longer.
On the probable horizon: User fees for sending and downloading graphics, video, audio, photos, music, blogs and accessing on-line search engines, banks and health-care providers.
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas, naturally), recipient of thousands of dollars in contributions from big telecom firms, is sponsor of the bill to end network neutrality.
Access www.savetheinternet.com for more information (18 JUNE 2006)
