The idea that no one "owns" the net itself should be inviolate.
I think you're forgetting who created the internet. The government did, the DARPA, to be exact. Therefore, the government has the right to terminate the project if they want to, although they shouldn't be allowed to, I believe that creating the project in the first place allows them to, and thus gives them ownership of the internet. Please correct me if I'm wrong, these are simply my thoughts.
As for my thoughts on two-tier internet, I think that it is completely unjust to charge sites more to be "Preferred" by a specific ISP. Sure, the site gets better bandwidth if you, the end user, have the same ISP as the site you are trying to view has laid cash down to to become a "Preferred" site, but if you're using a different ISP, one that the site hasn't paid to become "Preferred," then you have to deal with the auxillary bandwidth. Therefore, to get the best bandwidth possible, websites would have to shell out cash to every ISP in existance. If you ask me, it's just another scheme devised to make the already overstuffed pockets of big business even fuller while limiting traffic to small business sites by making them either pay up more cash for more traffic or simply not allowing them to have too many visitors in a month. In essence, big business is trying to kill two birds with one stone, stuffing their pockets while eliminating small business sites
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I think you're forgetting who created the internet. The government did, the DARPA, to be exact. Therefore, the government has the right to terminate the project if they want to, although they shouldn't be allowed to, I believe that creating the project in the first place allows them to, and thus gives them ownership of the internet. Please correct me if I'm wrong, these are simply my thoughts.
As for my thoughts on two-tier internet, I think that it is completely unjust to charge sites more to be "Preferred" by a specific ISP. Sure, the site gets better bandwidth if you, the end user, have the same ISP as the site you are trying to view has laid cash down to to become a "Preferred" site, but if you're using a different ISP, one that the site hasn't paid to become "Preferred," then you have to deal with the auxillary bandwidth. Therefore, to get the best bandwidth possible, websites would have to shell out cash to every ISP in existance. If you ask me, it's just another scheme devised to make the already overstuffed pockets of big business even fuller while limiting traffic to small business sites by making them either pay up more cash for more traffic or simply not allowing them to have too many visitors in a month. In essence, big business is trying to kill two birds with one stone, stuffing their pockets while eliminating small business sites