'Neutrality' Is New Challenge for Internet Pioneer

'NEUTRALITY' IS NEW CHALLENGE FOR INTERNET PIONEER
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: John Markoff]
A Q&A with Sir Tim Berners-Lee who is credited with helping to create the Internet. He is a vocal proponent of Network Neutrality, a hotly debated issue as Congress moves to update the nation's telecommunications laws. One quote: "Net neutrality is one of those principles, social principles, certainly now much more than a technical principle, which is very fundamental. When you break it, then it really depends how far you let things go. But certainly I think that the neutrality of the Net is a medium essential for democracy, yes — if there is democracy and the way people inform themselves is to go onto the Web."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/technology/circuits/27neut.html
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