Wednesday, October 28, 2009

I support Net Neutrality

I am sure you all have heard the term "Net Neutrality", it is
is a principle proposed for residential broadband networks and potentially for all networks. A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed, as well as one where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams.
I support it, because it is the way that companies ORIGINALLY DESIGNED the system, and the system can handle it. It is fair, it is reasonable, it is the way things started.
However, greed has taken its toll. Networks and Service Providers have found that they can gouge you for more money by limiting your access and charging you for kb or mb access rates.
???
Like we don't already worry about our finances.
It is good to see the Government finally standing behind something that "makes sense"...
"Preserving a Free and Open Internet: A Platform for Innovation, Opportunity, and Prosperity"
And I support FOSS for the same reason...
If you have a community behind the software, it will be stronger, faster, better, more secure...too bad Microsoft doesn't understand this.
Open Source for America: The New Government Accountability

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