<div dir="ltr">Much like cable television, advocates say, the providers want to choose what content you can see online, charge different prices based on the content that you get, and charge companies like Google and Facebook extra fees for "fast lanes" to reach users at high speeds. Net neutrality rules have prevented such a tiered system, allowing small startups to compete on a level playing field with giants like Yahoo and Google.<br>
Without net neutrality protection, the companies also could have the power to silence dissenting voices, or at least disfavor them with slower speeds to reach the public. So activists such as Robinson have every reason to be concerned.<div>
<br><a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18763-how-verizons-challenge-to-fcc-net-neutrality-rules-could-silence-minority-voices">http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18763-how-verizons-challenge-to-fcc-net-neutrality-rules-could-silence-minority-voices</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font color="#ff0000">What if the ISP's made an agreement with Elsevier to block all open access sites?</font></b></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font color="#ff0000">This is possible with this law.</font></b></div><br></div></div>