Telecoms regulation is not generally a subject that sets pulses racing. Yet as America starts to overhaul its outdated telecoms rules, the issue of "net neutrality" has done just that. Unless this principle is defended, say its proponents, the very future of the internet could be in jeopardy. Net neutrality is the principle that network operators should give equal treatment to all the traffic on their networks. The idea has deep roots: it would seem odd, after all, if telephone companies limited whom you could call, or what you could say to them.
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