This may or may not come as a shock to you, but the Justice Department has announced that they are opposed to the idea of net neutrality and favor the idea that ISP’s should be able to charge content providers for prioritized traffic. This is a sad, though unsurprising, announcement. In a country that touts the land of the free and was founded on openness, this is a major blow to the net neutrality movement. Their reasoning behind this is that net neutrality could “hamper development of the Internet and prevent service providers from upgrading or expanding their networks” (AP article).
Now, as you can tell from the little button, I am 100% in favor of saving network neutrality. The notion that the content providers would have to pay more to have prioritized service because they are using the ISP’s pipes is just ridiculous. This would mean that your internet connection would be paid for twice. This doesn’t take into account that broadband connections in the USA cost more than they do in other countries, not to mention that our speeds are a lot lower than these other countries.
I urge you all to write your senators and representatives in Congress and tell them how you feel about network neutrality. Keeping the Internet open and free is what helps innovation and development of the Internet. The mere notion that anything other than pure openness would help the development of the Internet is contrary to the ideals behind the creation of the Internet. Please visit Save the Internet to learn more about this important issue facing our nation. If the FCC allows the service providers to charge for faster service or prioritized service, the Internet as you know it will cease to exist.
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