WHY NET NEUTRALITY IS IMPORTANT

It will prevent ISPs from throttling sites that they are in competition with.   Here are two good examples:

Net-Neutrality Reaction Is Far from Neutral
By Barry Levine
December 22, 2010 11:14AM
NEWSFACTOR.COM

Recently, Comcast levied an additional fee on Level 3 Communications for traffic it handled for online movie service Netflix. Level 3 said this meant a major competitive disadvantage for Netflix's movie service compared to movies provided by Comcast's cable and online services. Unless Comcast can successfully argue this is "reasonable network management," it would appear this practice is not permitted on the wired Internet.

Late last week, for instance, a private presentation by wireless suppliers Allot Communications and Openet was leaked to the media. In it, the companies presented a plan that would charge users extra for Facebook, Skype and other sites -- but not for services provided by Vodafone, a customer  of both companies.