House of Reps Puts the Kibosh on FCC Net Neutrality Push
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A brief history of the internet...
There have been some on these threads speculating that because isp's have as of yet charged by the website they will not now begin to do so. Their argument is essentially if they have not been motivated to do it as of yet they will continue to not be motivated. This begs the question, if there is additional money to be made from per website charging, then why hasnt it been done yet? A brief history of the internet is perhaps in order.
The internet was not something that was designed by any one company or entity. It was originally set up by the pentagon and then several universities connected to each other. Until 1994 the internet backbone was government controlled.
Access to the internet was originally granted by phone companies o...
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