Google Against Internet Traffic Chokers

Google has begun offering tools to expose internet services providers (ISPs) that choke traffic or shift users into show lanes while allowing others to zip along at high speeds.The online search and advertising king is unabashed champion of net neutrality in which all internet traffic is treated equally instead of letting service providers give preferential treatment to privileged clients.
Google worked with New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium, and Academic researches to create an online Measurement Lab (M-Lab) that researchers can use to detect internet traffic manipulation.
M-Lab went online for last month with three diagnostic tools running on computer servers near Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.The Tools can help users diagnose commong problems that might impair their broadband speed.ISPs such as Comcast have sparked controversy by clandestinely throtting some traffic such as peer-to-peer file sharing.
ISPs argue that such measures are necessary to manage growing congestion on the internet highway.Google has been among those advocating against fettering online traffic, saying that doing so stifles internet innovations and growth.More Diagnostic tools will be added and results made public.