Sunday night, Pearl Jam played at the last Lollapalooza show of the summer. Eddie Vedder took the opportunity to make a few comments of protest against the war and the president, but somehow, the webcast - which was being run by AT&T - "mistakenly" dropped out, preventing those comments from being heard.

The band points out that this is a perfect example of why net neutrality is such an important principle. Under net neutrality, broadband companies are required to give equal access to all websites. If the telcos get the kind of legislation they want, however, they'll be able to give companies that can afford it "priority" access, prevent users from reaching sites the company doesn't approve of, and relegating smaller sites - and smaller (often new) businesses to slow, unreliable service.