WikiLeaks: Stop the crackdown. Bank of America's WikiLeaks Defense Fail. Net neutrality? Not at the coffee shop. Net neutrality rules arrived just before Christmas, but they won't apply to Kindles, coffee shops, or dial-up Internet.
And they won't apply to Google. The toughest rules (PDF) apply only to "fixed broadband Internet access service," which can include fixed wireless links ("mobile" broadband has different, and even weaker, rules). Dial-up isn't covered, since "telephone service has historically provided the easy ability to switch among competing dial-up Internet access services" and the telephone network is still regulated under "common carrier" rules. But the FCC was at pains to make clear that the new rules will not apply to businesses that provide Internet access to their customers as an extra benefit. In these scenarios, the coffee shop owner is the "end user" of the Internet, even if the shop makes money charging its users for access. Julian Assange Denied Bail After Arrest.