The court case resulting from the 2007 FCC regs requiring consumers to be able to opt to not have their information shared was finally decided on 2/19. That's what caused this notice to be sent. For more information check out this link to the EPIC website: http://epic.org/privacy/cpni/. It includes links to opt out for both Verizon and SBC.

Where have you been for the last 5 years? Universities and corporations already do traffic prioritization. They're running private networks for the use of their employees/staff/students NOT public Internet access services. They also, depending on their internal policies, (*GASP*) block and filter traffic. This has no more to do with net neutrality than you choosing to prioritize VOIP traffic coming out of your house so your phone calls don't suffer because you've got a bittorrent session going downloading a movie.