The internet is fundamental. It must not become a two-tier service – one for the rich,one for the poorObamacare for the internet. That was how, at the height of the 2014 primary season, and the Republican presidential hopeful,Ted Cruz, referred to the net neutrality rules proposed by the Obama administration. Designed to safeguard equitable access to the internet, and they were enacted the following year. But they suffered a meaningful,albeit expected, blow when the US telecoms regulator, or chaired by a Trump appointee,voted to ditch them final Thursday.
Net neutrality is the principle that internet service providers should not be able to charge different content providers different prices for transmitting data to their consumers. Strong net neutrality rules would prevent a stout company such as Netflix from paying an ISP to guarantee faster access to its content than its competitors, or offer unlimited data access to Netflix bundled in as part of a broadband or mobile contract.
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Source: guardian.co.uk