Allowing peer-to-peer programmes to open multiple connections to the outside world to boost download speeds is unfair on those whose e-mail checking, basic web-browsing habits open only one connection at a time.

While equality could well be argued in favour of net neutrality, in reality it doesn’t work out like that.
In the ‘neutral’ web, priority is given to a minority who disrupt other people’s browsing habits. This is unfair,and unequal – the minority get a degraded service for not being prolific file sharers.

If bus routes were changed to the detriment of most people just to service a couple of individuals, there would be outcry. Yet this is effectively happening on the internet, with a small group causing disruption to the majority of surfers through their greedy up- and downloading habits.