What's the problem?

What kind of behavior is okay?

Prioritizing all applications of a certain general type, such as streaming video;

Managing their networks to, for example, block certain traffic based on IP address in order to prevent harmful denial of service (DOS) attacks, viruses or worms;



Employing certain upgrades, such as the use of local caching or private network backbone links;

Providing managed IP services and proprietary content (like IPTV); and



Charging consumers extra to receive higher speed or performance capacity broadband service.



What isn't okay?

Levying surcharges on content providers that are not their retail customers;

Prioritizing data packet delivery based on the ownership or affiliation (the who) of the content, or the source or destination (the what) of the content; or



Building a new "fast lane" online that consigns Internet content and applications to a relatively slow, bandwidth-starved portion of the broadband connection.

What should be done?