In this article I discuss the importance of Net Neutrality protection & regulated ISPs and why you should fight for free and indiscriminate internet access.
The Federal Communications Commission of the United States wants to repeal the Net Neutrality protection. This would give Internet Service Providers the power to control the content browsed through their network.
Well, take a long look at this picture.
In many cases the letting the free market competition solve issues is a great approach, it usually yields the most effective outcome. However, Internet Service Providers in the US are already holding a monopoly. The combined Bandwidth of the whole country is shared among few companies AT&T, Charter, Comcast and Verizon.
In areas that are so vital to human prosperity such as internet freedom, open communication and education it is important that we enforce regulations to protect ourselves.
Net Neutrality is the only thing preventing ISPs from blocking access to websites, slowing down internet connections or prioritizing some content over others.
We already had that experiment a few years ago and this is how it went down:
Well, an educated guess would be that AT&T and friends have offered him a very decent amount of money to push this agenda through. Good for you, Ajit, good for you.
If you are a US resident who cares about what happens to the Internet in your country and doesn't want ISPs deciding what you get to browse, head over to https://www.fcc.gov/ and submit the web form under "17-108" filings, telling them why Net Neutrality matters to you.
Read instructions here on how to do this: https://techcrunch.com/submit-fcc-filing
Here is information on what else you can do: https://www.battleforthenet.com/
If all fails, lets hope Substratum Network can pull us all out of ths mess.
