A California firm sells technology that allows telecoms to detect and block or interfere with VoIP packets entering their networks.
Countries with expensive telecom systems have had to watch as millions of users opt to use VoIP services to make cheap calls online. The IEEE publication Spectrum "Protecting its network is a legitimate thing for a carrier to do," says Alex Curtis, government affairs manager for Public Knowledge, a consumer-interest advocacy group in Washington, D.C. "But it's another thing for a Comcast to charge more if I use my own TiVo instead of the personal video recorder they provide, or for Time Warner, which owns CNN, to charge a premium if I want to watch Fox News on my computer."
"Consumers have come to expect a lot from the Internet-to be able to get to any site, for example, or any service, like VoIP," Curtis says. "Without Net neutrality, that goes out the window."
David Utter is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business. Email him
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