All Things Net Neutrality

[Daseal]

Originally Posted by mooby

Strong taek dude. I'm pretty much in agreement with most of your statement. It's a shame that companies aren't smart enough to realize that their greed will contribute to the downfall of a major component of today's society. I can only hope that our gov't is smart enough to recognize that a free and equal internet is essential in today's society, but that might be asking too much if they're all in Comcast/Verizon's back pockets.

What shocked me is how LITTLE it took to buy the politicians. I believe Ars Technica did a write up of the congressmen who signed the letter to the FCC asking for no regulation. The donations were pretty damn low all things considered (some as low as 10K.)

I want to clarify. I understand net neutrality doesn't directly lead to censorship, but it does lay the groundwork. It's going to start with companies (Comcast) making Hulu the primary option and pushing netflix out. That will slowly devolve into the outright blocking of sites deemed dangerous or offensive. Some will be legitimate (think child porn), but that opens the gate for special interest groups to push their ideals. If we start blocking we're not too far from being China and allowing the filtering of information critical of the gov, etc.