Google and Facebook see "mortal threat" in the introduction of payment for their traffic

Major technological and Internet companies in the world , including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission United States (FCC) required to comply with the previously accepted principles of network neutrality , the failure of which they called " a deadly threat to the Internet ." This writes the agency Bloomberg. Internet giants are concerned about possible introduction of fees for a guaranteed transfer their traffic through communication networks .
Among the signatories of the letter to the FCC companies - the world's largest Internet search engine Google, which owns and video hosting YouTube, the largest U.S. Web portal Yahoo, Facebook social network with more than 1.23 billion users , the most popular subscription video service Netflix, the largest online retailer Amazon , an online marketplace eBay, software maker Microsoft and microblogging service Twitter.
The principle of net neutrality prohibits providers give preference to one type of Internet traffic over others. Todd Park (Todd Park), Chief Technology Officer U.S. presidential administration previously announced full support for this principle Barack Obama.
However, after intense lobbying by U.S. ISPs FCC May 15 to consider new rules that may allow operators ( ISPs ) to charge with internet services for guaranteed quality and transfer their traffic through communication networks .
More than a hundred companies of software developers , social Internet services and other technology companies said sharply negative attitude to the idea of ​​granting FCC ISPs prioritize traffic capabilities of a service surcharge .
Last month, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said that separate agreements with providers of services paid guarantee traffic , for example video or voice calls , do not violate the principles of net neutrality .
However, according to Internet companies , the new rules will allow providers to discriminate against certain online services in terms of technology and finance , which would be " a deadly threat to the Internet ." In a letter to the company say that the FCC must protect Internet users, content developers and small internet services from blocking web traffic or additional cost for quality services . Representatives of the FCC 's letter has not yet responded .
From the perspective of Internet service providers, services that create more stress on the data network - video hosting , IP- service calls and conferencing and so on - should make additional deductions for guarantee quality transmission of their traffic . Thus , according to providers are fairly redistributed their costs on the development of networks that might otherwise lie on the shoulders of people are not even calling for such services .
However, the position of Internet companies have supported human rights organization Public Knowledge and Free Press. According to them , ISPs should not have the formal right to block or slow down unfairly web traffic and arrangements for additional payments will not be able to protect users from the increase in tariffs for Internet connection.
In the Russian telecom operators also expressed the need to find new approaches to cooperation with Internet services that generate revenues using networks without investing in their development. One such approach is called , and the possible introduction of payment online services delivery traffic with guaranteed quality. For it expressed , in particular , operators MTS and "Megaphone" .