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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 2827191" data-attributes="member: 15651">It isn't about what you can look at, it is about whether ISPs can priortize resource usage so that subscribing companies can get their data delivered faster than a non-subscribing company.  In theory it is designed to encourage ISPs to upgrade their capabilities, something that is expensive for them and doesn't necessarily generate suffient returns to justify the expense.  They are not supposed to be able to refuse content delivery, but they may be allowed to block data from using the high-speed lanes of the information superhighway without paying.The concern is that the ISPs will neglect the infrastructure that the non-subscribing companies are forced to use in favor of the speedy systems used by subscribers.Its not the censorship scenario that some people are making it out to be, its more like product placement - the companies that pay get their stuff in a nice display on an endcap, everyone else go find it in the bins with the rest of the stuff.The alternative is the ISPs could just charge all the end-users more for the services.  I'm not sure that is a more palatable solution to most people.[edit] Read through some more of the links.  A little more to it than meets the eye, but IMO there is a lot of rhetoric being posted on both sides, neither of which tells the complete story.</blockquote>