I don’t want to get in a blog war here, and I certainly don’t want to proclaim any expertise on the “plumbing” of the internet (since it is a series of tubes). All I can do is attempt to educate myself better and make some comments along the way. And it might be the case that my views will be revised.
In the spirit of debate and the search for truth, I do think handsoff.org should allow comments on their posts, just as savetheinternet.com has.

I don’t have a problem with content-neutral speeds being determined by the telecoms. If you want to pay more for faster downloads–whatever they are–that’s fine. But I do have a problem with the idea that they can choose the speeds of certain content–or block it altogether. They provide a delivery service. Their job is to be indifferent to the content that travels throught their tubes (I couldn’t resist). To make an analogy, UPS would have no right to delay documents that badmouth UPS.

Now, I realize that they provide their own content. They provide news, videos, and blah blah, and there are ethical ways to promote and prioritize that content. But if they are hacking into other content to make it less available, you have an intranet and not an internet.
Keep your hands off my content.

-MC Spankster