Net neutrality threatened

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are already beginning to filter traffic based upon usage.

Some Canadian ISPs are limiting the bandwidth of users of peer-to-peer (P2P) applications in order to provide more consistent network bandwidth to other users.

This goes against the theory of "net neutrality" where some Internet users believe that ISPs should only be concerned with providing bandwidth and not inspecting/altering/blocking the content based upon subjective rules.

The ultimate fear is that only the ultrarich would be able to browse the Internet freely as ISPs could potentially limit access to information based upon prices set to specific sites, resources, etc...