At risk is a principle known as network neutrality: Cable and phone companies that operate the data pipelines are supposed to treat all traffic the same — nobody is supposed to jump the line.

风险来自网络中立性原则：运营数据通道的有线和电话公司应当对所有流量一视同仁-任何人均不应逾越此线。

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“Network neutrality”, the principle that operators should not discriminate between different forms of traffic, will not succeed on mobile networks, says Holger Knöpke of T-Mobile, a European operator.

欧洲运营商T-Mobile 的荷尔格.克洛克（Holger Knöpke）表示，“网络中立”这一运营商不应区别对待不同形式流量的原则，在移动网络上将不会取得成功。

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The US has proposed new rules that would require Internet firms to respect the principle of "network neutrality".

美国发布新规则，需要因特网公司遵守“网络中立”原则。

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The theory behind the network neutrality principle, which the internet sometimes gets close to, is that a neutral network should be expected to deliver the most to a nation and the world economically, by serving as an innovation platform, and socially, by facilitating the widest variety of interactions between people.

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This would seem to violate the principle of network neutrality, at least as lobbyists have used the phrase.

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To me it smells of a nice backdoor ruse to get around the principle of network neutrality where every packet is equal.

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