AT&T Says Net Rules Must Allow 'Paid Prioritization'

suraj.sun writes "AT&T said Tuesday that any Net neutrality plan restricting its ability to engage in 'paid prioritization' of network traffic would be harmful and contrary to the fundamental principles of the Internet."

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That is what paid prioritzation means

[iYk6]

I'm pretty sure that is exactly what "paid prioritization" means. AT&T wants to charge Netflix for prioritized packets. Unless Netflix ponies up, then AT&T will downgrade, or eliminate, Netflix traffic.

AT&T calls it paid prioritization. You call it quality of service fee (possibly tongue in cheek). I call it double dipping.