Divided FCC adopts rules to protect Web traffic - Yahoo! News:
"At the same time, the two Republicans on the FCC worried that the rules will discourage phone and cable companies from continuing to upgrade their networks by making it difficult for them to earn a healthy return on their investments. They also insist that the regulations are intended to fix a problem that does not exist, as all the major broadband providers have already pledged not to discriminate against Internet traffic on their networks."

ROFLMAO! Ya gotta love those Republicans. In the face of overwhelming, easily verifiable evidence to the contrary, they stick to their guns. So the phone and cable companies are finding it "difficult for them to earn a healthy return on their investments"? Then why are their profits obscenely stratospheric? And the new regs are unnecessary because the providers have "pledged" not to break them? Really? They can't seriously believe that all we need is a pledge from corporations, right?

I haven't read the new regulations and have heard some very conflicting reviews saying all sorts of extremes on both sides so I can't comment on them yet. But clearly there are efforts underway by the major ISP's to restrict, financially at least, internet traffic based upon origin and destination and we need rules to prevent that.