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The internet works, doesn’t it? Why change the rules, just as we are all getting so used to it.

The BBC reports (amongst others) about the changing tide of the very principles of the Internet.

US politicians have rejected attempts to enshrine the principle of net neutrality in legislation.

Some fear the decision will mean net providers start deciding on behalf of customers which websites and services they can visit and use.

It’s interesting times. Is it just America trying to control something else? Perhaps we should let them get on with it and put a barrier around the ‘American’ web.

That said perhaps it is a little naive to think that a level playing field would remain the norm. The thing is, the user is the one with the power. Time and time again, we see bloggers and the ’small guy’ fight back and be victorious.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the internet) put it best when he warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period".

It’s like Stars Wars - remind me again who the dark Lord is?