The heads of Australia's three largest ISP's have called Net Neutrality a specifically American problem.
Australian ISP's have become famous for their pay by the megabyte download charges. While prices have dropped, costs still are significant enough to keep many out of the broadband loop.
The "American" model, on the other hand, offers unlimited services. U.S. ISPs unhappy with their mega profits, are introducing tiered internet access.
The answer to this dilemma is that neither approach is suitable for the community service we know as the internet. Australia needs to introduce affordable near to unlimited broadband as soon as possible if we are to see the full use of the internet for all of its multimedia uses.
Read the one sided ZDnet report here
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