This is why net neutrality is important

Earlier this week Level3, and internet wholesaler, triggered a news firestorm by proclaiming that Comcast was demanding they pay a new toll to deliver Netflix streaming video content to Comcast customers. As the day wore on, Comcast attempted to defuse the situation by proclaiming this was little more than the kind of peering disputes we've been seeing for years, where tier one operators bicker over the balanced exchange of core network traffic. The resulting cacophany was par for the neutrality course and quickly teetered into ridiculous territory.