"What debate about network neutrality ? There isn't one outside the US because it is an invented political issue for a US audience. The internet has never been packet neutral, if it was the only way to get better network performance would be to throw expensive hardware around and thus ISP charges would be ten times what they are. Also the internet has never been free of transport costs for startups, only for big companies that can negotiate peering arrangements. The idea that allowing telcos to charge extra for priority transport of packets will mean the end of competition or freedom or create barriers to entry on the internet is totally false. I can only conclude that the issue has been invented to try and distract people from the fact that the US is a mass of local telecom and cable monopolies. Rather than governments compelling companies to share infrastructure like most countries they just grant monopolies. This is where the political corruption is ! Unfortunately most Americans..." - Adrian