i’ve been reading about this thing for a couple weeks now, and like many internet rumors, i like to wait a while before i react.. well, this one is quite real. from snopes:
Simply put, network neutrality means that no web site’s traffic has precedence over any other’s…Whether a user searches for recipes using Google, reads an article on snopes.com, or looks at a friend’s MySpace profile, all of that data is treated equally and delivered from the originating web site to the user’s web browser with the same priority. In recent months, however, some of the telephone and cable companies that control the telecommunications networks over which Internet data flows have floated the idea of creating the electronic equivalent of a paid carpool lane.
save the internet has a form to fill out that will automatically mail your representing senator. do it.