• by November 2, 2007

A better analogy would be if a particular highway or road is very popular, then why can't the powers that be simply pick and choose who gets to use the road to reduce congestion? You can obviously see the issue between haves and have-nots in a scenario like this.

Data isn't like package weight at all, it's more like congestion through limited bandwidth. Prioritizing data by perceived importance is the issue at hand; that's the main gripe that net neutrality advocates have against the corporations. Who decides what data is more or less important? What influences importance?

It's not necessarily the quantity of data coming through - that's a different issue dealing with infrastructure that is sort of being intermingled with the net neutrality issue.

Sure, quantity of data "clogs the pipes," so to say, but that means we need more pipes, not that XYZ Corp. should decide who gets to use said pipes. Our net infrastructure is steadily falling behind that of other developed countries in Europe and Asia.