Would the Internet become dominated by just a handful of wealthy companies that could afford to pay for fast connections to users?
In Stuttgart, the regional capital of Baden-Württemberg, tens of thousands of citizens have protested the construction of a new railroad station, Stuttgart 21, that would serve as a hub for fast connections between German cities and Paris.
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The problem is this: Advertisers, not homeowners, are the ones most willing to pay for fast connections.
The debate on "neutrality" has to do with whether phone companies should charge extra for fast connections and whether they can ask the senders of the data to pay.
Mobile operators have started building networks which will allow for faster connection speeds for an even wider variety of applications and services.All alike, all differentYet these global trends hide starkly different national and regional stories.
Of its 26 million subscribers in the United States who pay $24 a month for low-speed Internet access, about 541,000 left in the first quarter alone, many to cheaper low-speed services or to sign up for faster connection from cable and telephone companies.
