Do 4 Mai 2006
Wired News: ‘Net Neutrality’ Battle Widens:
For the financial services sector, which is expected to spend $117 billion on information technology this year, tiered pricing could add billions more in expenses to maintain online banking services and other web offerings, according to a memo circulating among financial services lobbyists. Those costs could hit the bottom line or be passed on to customers. But it’s a fight the financial sector almost missed. “Net neutrality is an issue that (financial services) firms ignore at their peril,” Philip Corwin, a partner at Washington law firm Butera & Andrews, wrote in the memo.
Im Kampf gegen das Mehr-Klassen-Internet taucht ein unerwarteter Verbündeter der freien Meinungsäußerung auf: Banken befürchten massive Mehrkosten, wenn sie den Providern die freie Erreichbarkeit ihrer Online-Services honorieren müssten.