After a 2005 Supreme Court ruling, the question of internet service providers discriminating against controversial or unprofitable internet content is now an open one in America. In other words, can major telecom and cable companies raise fees and discriminate against certain content providers (like Indymedia)?
But that open question could close soon, as Congress has debated the future of the Internet. At stake is the principle of network neutrality β that those who handle the lanes of internet traffic don't discriminate what's on those digital roads, or why.