The Battle for net neutrality

This article states the battle between free access to all web sites and a 'pay to play' plan of major companies is in the middle of a hot debate. The universal accessibility of the internet has made it an essential tool for accomplishing daily tasks and providing information across the globe, but the debate is brewing over whether or not companies can provide 'preferred access' to some web content services over others. This effect of paying companies would be the stifling of innovation on the web, and favor major expensive business customers over consumers and nonprofit enterprises. Telephone companies cannot tell consumers who they can call; so network operators should not dictate what people can do online.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/02/net_neutrality.html