ADVERTISEMENTOf Bananas and Digital Communicationsby Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight, Jr. A carload of bananas, for example, would take priority over things like wood and coal. The term net neutrality was coined by Colombia University media law professor Tim Wu in 2003. The analogy is to water pipes used in city water supply systems which provide water at the same cost to all users regardless of its priority or uses. Perhaps a more effective pay-as-you-go system would weed out a lot of frivolous network traffic and free up more space for useful information.

Source: Huffington Post October 27, 2016 12:50 UTC