Net Neutrality is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet. Net Neutrality means that Internet service providers may not discriminate between different kinds of content and applications online. It guarantees a level playing field for all Web sites and Internet technologies. Net Neutrality is the reason 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 without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data, not to choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.
The nation's largest telephone and cable companies such as: AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner Cable; want to be “Internet gatekeepers”. They want to be able to decide whether how fast or slow they make the Internet. They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of a level playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services.
The supporters of Net Neutrality include leading online buying companies such as Amazon, EBay, Intel, Microsoft, Facebook, and Yahoo. They need Net Neutrality to stay in business and it is vital for the people to have their freedom of speech on the Internet. They rely on the public to create their business.
This from the New York Times, “The Federal Communications Commission has come out in favor of keeping things that way, but its ability to do so has been in doubt since a federal appeals decision in April 2010 restricted its authority over broadband service.” Those cable and telephone companies have been trying to get rid of the Net Neutrality.
I think that Net Neutrality should continue. If the Internet was regulated by the cable and telephone companies I don’t think the same amount of people would still be interested in Facebook and all those online social services.
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