Recently I have been thinking a lot about Net Neutrality because I happened to come across this site www.savetheinternet.com.
For those who do not know what Net Neutrality is, here is what it means:
Network Neutrality -- or "Net Neutrality" for short -- is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.
Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service on a non-discriminatory basis without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data -- not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.
What are your opinions on this issue?
Do you think that it is right for ISP's, telephone, or cable companies do discriminate against anyone for what they do on the internet?
Since we are paying for their service we should be allowed access to any equipment, content, application, or service on the internet without the companies slowing down our connection based on what sites or whatever we decide to go to.
They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. They want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services, and streaming video -- while slowing down or blocking their competitors.
These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of an even playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services -- or those from big corporations that can afford the steep tolls -- and leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road.
The big phone and cable companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to gut Net Neutrality, putting the future of the Internet at risk.
It's just another way for them to make more money that they do not need. If we pay them for internet service then we are paying them our hard earned money to do whatever we want to do on the internet. The internet is really our last place anywhere to have the right of free speech. I know that free speech was always a right we had, but if you say something out in public people get offended and whatnot. The ISP's should not be able to dictate what content loads faster or slower or not at all based simply on its content. That's like saying what we are viewing is wrong, and they shouldn't be able to do that. We pay money to view what we want. The internet is supposed to be a place for everyone to access whatever they want and when they want.
So what are your opinions on net neutrality? I'm really interested to see what CAG's think about it. Let's start the discussion.
For those who do not know what Net Neutrality is, here is what it means:
Network Neutrality -- or "Net Neutrality" for short -- is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.
Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service on a non-discriminatory basis without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data -- not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.
What are your opinions on this issue?
Do you think that it is right for ISP's, telephone, or cable companies do discriminate against anyone for what they do on the internet?
Since we are paying for their service we should be allowed access to any equipment, content, application, or service on the internet without the companies slowing down our connection based on what sites or whatever we decide to go to.
They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. They want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services, and streaming video -- while slowing down or blocking their competitors.
These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of an even playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services -- or those from big corporations that can afford the steep tolls -- and leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road.
The big phone and cable companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to gut Net Neutrality, putting the future of the Internet at risk.
It's just another way for them to make more money that they do not need. If we pay them for internet service then we are paying them our hard earned money to do whatever we want to do on the internet. The internet is really our last place anywhere to have the right of free speech. I know that free speech was always a right we had, but if you say something out in public people get offended and whatnot. The ISP's should not be able to dictate what content loads faster or slower or not at all based simply on its content. That's like saying what we are viewing is wrong, and they shouldn't be able to do that. We pay money to view what we want. The internet is supposed to be a place for everyone to access whatever they want and when they want.
So what are your opinions on net neutrality? I'm really interested to see what CAG's think about it. Let's start the discussion.
