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Banks, roused from slumber, may protect Internet

Banks, roused from slumber, may protect Internet

Molly Wood Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
Molly Wood
Financial-services lobbyists are starting to catch wind of the battle brewing over Net neutrality, realizing that a tiered Internet might not apply only to Google or Amazon. The banking lobby has apparently started , urging the industry to get involved in preventing telcos and Internet providers from imposing new fees that would ensure reliable access. That flurry could be a good thing for proponents of Net neutrality--after all, Google may have a lot of money, but these guys are money.