Net Neutrality

Is it just me or are AT&T and Vonage trying to become the new ExxonMobil. People already have to pay to get on the internet, and by making sites pay so they can be faster will most likely make them charge for people to use their sites, or further clutter the pages with more advertisements, or even both. On top of that it could basically allow them to monopolize the internet by choosing which sites are fast and which are not, and having all kinds of influence on what information get put out there the most, and more importantly viewed the most. In the long run this would have a negative impact on the internet for everyone except of course the Vonage’s and AT&T’s of the world.

The internet works good now, and by making it harder and costly to the sites such as YouTube, and eBay and others who are the base of the internet and have had a lot to do with the popularity of the internet, we would just be hurting everyone. With these sites there is more than just an entertainment value in them and these avenues are really beginning to be explored and taken advantage of, especially YouTube. For example it is great for the advertising industry, look how much interest in generated in Al Gore’s movie. Now think what it could do for a small business to make a cheap YouTube clip and allow them to expand stimulating out currently booming economy. Or better yet, we saw how it could call people to action with Net Neutrality, why won’t this work for calling attention to other important things like a cure for cancer (not to sound like Miss America or anything) My point is right now everyone has a voice, and if we change that and allow it to be taken over by big companies, bad things will happen.