The telcos and cable companies are hard at it to try to convince people that they should be allowed to start charging premiums for special delivery over their networks — and it looks like this AP writer has been taken in.
Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to send you video over the Internet. “Desperate Housewives,” Stephen Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding parties: It’s all there.
You may be up for it, but is the Internet?
The answer from the major Internet service providers, the telephone and cable companies, is “no.” Small clips are fine, but TV-quality and especially high-definition programming could make the Internet choke.
Loose translation: We’ve gotta defeat Net neutrality legislation, or you won’t be able to watch Desperate Housewives over the network!
