That's not good news. The big ISPs in the states have been chomping at the bit to be able to charge higher rates to Google. Plus, they will then be able to prioritize other things like IPTV (and VOIP - bend over Vonage).
I'm hoping this is just a bump in the road, that some sense of reason will prevail.
What really gets me is the big companies (on both sides of the border) ask for sunsidies to supply bigger and better bandwith to more people, then they start stuff like this for access to "their" infrastructure. I'm all for them making a profit, I just want to make sure that they don't harm the future potential of the internet. I don't know where it is going next, but I don't think we have seen the best yet.
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Net Neutrality voted down...
