The Net Neutrality War and a Level playing field. Some years ago, the following letter was printed in the Richmond Times Dispatch and I think it hits the nail on the head. "Internet providers should be considered public utilities rather than their current “special” information provider status. Like electricity or water, if a business’ Internet is down, that business cannot operate in today’s world. Loss of Internet at home is also disabling. The fact that providers enjoy a favored status puts the very technology that society has built off of for the past two decades at risk thanks to a proposed FCC rule that would create fast (and by nature, slow) lanes for companies that pay for them. This proposal would take a level playing field, open to free markets and new ideas, and turn it into another corrupt market where incumbents keep new innovators from challenging their bottom line. Verizon could place Netflix in the slow lane, while giving ultrafast performance to its ...