Net Neutrality; Grim Future for the Internet

Several ISPs have leaked that they are planning on moving to tiered internet plans, essentially like Cable Television

My friend Ryan writes about it here

And Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, writes it about it here

And here's a video by some internet activists who describe in more detail what's happening:
http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality2

I think it's fairly evident that the main purpose of this change is to control what information makes its way to the public. Traditional media outlets have always been annoyed that any guy with a blog can report on what's happening in the world. A free Internet is bad for them. The goal would seem to be a regression toward a more centralized and filtered source of news and other information. Something that can easily be policed by those with their own agendas.