Feds OK Fee For Some Web Traffic

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The Justice Department on Thursday said Internet service providers should be allowed to charge a fee for priority Web traffic.

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qam Nashville, TN	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Sep 6, 2007 We pay too much for cable and internet as it is anyway. Just another paid lobbiest from Gucci Gulch in DC in the back pocket of these companies who can buy votes and screw the public.
Dawg Fan Cumming, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Sep 6, 2007 qam wrote: We pay too much for cable and internet as it is anyway. Just another paid lobbiest from Gucci Gulch in DC in the back pocket of these companies who can buy votes and screw the public. AMEN!!!
Stevem Atlanta, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Sep 6, 2007 What a surprise - the Bush admin Justice Dept favors something that benefits the likes of AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast. To the detriment of, well, their "subjects."
The Man Marietta, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Sep 6, 2007 The Man says, "This Sucks!"
Virgil Conyers, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Sep 6, 2007 The Feds should have checked with Al Gore before they start changing the rules. After all, Al created the internet.
MMMM Jefferson, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Sep 6, 2007 Virgil wrote: The Feds should have checked with Al Gore before they start changing the rules. After all, Al created the internet. LMAO!!!
Hugh Jazz Lilburn, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 Sep 7, 2007 What the heck! You mean $49.99 a month for Internet is not enough? I should have to pay the cable company more money to load my pages faster?
We Need Leadership Now Suwanee, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 Sep 7, 2007 I can see it now.... The web site you have tried to reach is busy! For a fee of..... It's far past time for the government to tear down a few monopolistic antitrust violating big shot corporations.
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