Thursday, February 12, 2009

Save the Internet!!

I didn´t realize this was even happening until it was brought to my attention in Enrique Dans class. Net neutrality is the idea that everyone gets the same access to the same speed and quality of the net (good). There´s currently no regulation on the internet but the big companies want to start charging based on the content of the websites (bad).

Net neutrality (gov. controls) vs. hands off (infrastructure companies to be the gatekeepers)

A lot of the infrastructure was originally built by the government and then privatized.


Check out this link and take action!! www.savetheinternet.com
Also, http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060608_network_neutral/index.php

Just to be fair, here´s the other guys opinion: