5/24/2006
Web inventor warns against two−tier Internet
May 23, BBC (United Kingdom) — Web inventor warns against two−tier Internet. The Web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, Web inventor Tim Berners−Lee has said. Recent attempts in the U.S. to try to charge for different levels of online access Web were not “part of the Internet model,” he said. The open Internet model, backed by Berners−Lee and the World Wide Web Consortium, is based on the concept of network neutrality, where everyone has the same level of access to the Web and that all data moving around the Web is treated equally. But some telecom companies in the U.S. do not agree. They would like to implement a two−tier system, where data from companies or institutions that can pay are given priority over those that cannot. The Internet community believes this threatens the open model of the Internet as broadband providers will become gatekeepers to the Web’s content.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5009250.stm
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