Death of the Internet?

On Tuesday, a watershed moment took place in the history of the Internet. A December order by the US telecom regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC), revoking the Obama administration's rules on net neutrality, came into effect.

The development evoked a pained response from keen watchers of the Web who dubbed it 'end the Internet as we know it'.

The rules have not yet come into force -- they will now be approved by the Office of Management and Budget, an administrative formality -- but for all practical purposes, net neutrality is dead, or will be soon.