Hey FCC, Internet Fast Lanes Are Already Widespread

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday that Internet "fast lanes" that have net neutrality advocates concerned would be "commercially unreasonable" and therefore forbidden in newly proposed broadband regulations.

That may be too little too late.

Paid peering is far more common than generally thought, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan analyst Dan Rayburn

Rayburn claims that public data shows that nearly every major Internet content producers have direct connections with Internet Service Providers, allowing their data to sidestep the clogged connections between backbone providers of Internet traffic and ISPs. Read more...