Niko Tonks: The Internet Fast Lane

How would you feel if you awoke one day to find that your ISP had filtered your internet, forcing you to pay extra to access certain content? Major telecommunications companies envision such a future, where the internet would exist in tiers, not of bandwidth, but of content. This presents a threat to the internet as we know it, as it would give an unfair advantage to the website that pays the most to your ISP. What can be done to prevent this?