http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2010/04/14/internet-is-not-inhere...

Speaking at a conference held by French telecoms regulator Arcep on Tuesday, Kroes said the internet was "not an inherently neutral platform". This means that European regulators have to make choices about whether to allow ISPs to prioritise certain types of online traffic, she added. [...]

Net neutrality broadly refers to the enforced equality of different types of internet traffic. Those in favour want all types treated the same by ISPs, so no type of traffic has its performance deliberately degraded. However, opponents of net neutrality want ISPs to be able to charge users premium rates for delivering services such as video at full quality, or to charge content providers such as the BBC for carrying their high-bandwidth video content. [...]