Writer : Some tech firms may participate in Internet slowdown Wednesday to send message . If Google and Net providers give ` ` fast lanes '' to sites that pay , innovation suffers , she says . Instead , the chairman proposes regulating the quality of Internet service to make sure that the slow lane is not too slow . Such rules protect deep - pocketed established companies , not scrappy new ones , she says . Writer : Ask ##s to reject patents , set rules that prevent providers from discriminating .
Writer : Some tech firms may participate in Internet slowdown Wednesday to send message . If Google and Net providers give ` ` fast lanes '' to sites that pay , innovation suffers , she says . Such rules protect deep - pocketed established companies , not scrappy new ones , she says . Writer : Ask ##s to reject patents , set rules that prevent providers from discriminating .