Finally, finally, finally! Net Neutrality has been a huge topic in the last couple of years. The big companies want to either CHARGE websites who’s visitors use their bandwidth, or slow down those users connections. This flies in the face of 30+ years of practice, and could severely hurt the Internet in the United States.
Add in the fact that the big companies are willing to make peerings agreements (for a sizable chunk of change of course,) with particular websites, this could cause huge issues with little things like freedom of choice. Imagine wanting to go to Google to do a search, but because of how you are connected to the Internet, AT&T decides to either slow down your connection or redirect it to Yahoo. Or you want to go to Amazon.com to buy some books, and are redirected to a small book store in the middle of nowhere that has no selection.
Or how about trying to raid and getting lagged out?
But the news is that Obama has appointed Kevin Werbach to the position of FCC Chairman. Among Kevin’s qualifications for this position is the fact that he plays World of Warcraft. He has some other qualifications too such being the assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton University.
To me this is marks a huge step backwards for Big Business and possibly brings the U.S. Laws back into a place where they actually protect American citizens.
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