BellSouth: Let providers give preferential service

[SOURCE: InfoWorld, AUTHOR: Grant Gross, IDG News Service]
Broadband providers need the right to enter into commercial agreements that allow some Web sites to perform better than rival sites, said Bennett Ross, BellSouth's general counsel, speaking at the State of the 'Net conference in Washington, D.C. He said BellSouth, as the owner of a broadband network, should be able to charge extra for one search engine to return faster results than others that customers want to go to. Others at the event, including "father" of the Internet Vinton Cerf, called on the U.S. Congress to pass a so-called net neutrality law, which would allow broadband customers to access any legal Web content and services and attach any legal device they want, while prohibiting broadband providers from giving their partners preferential service.
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