Internet Freedom, commonly knows as “Net Neutrality” is about the preservation of access to all public internet content, access that is today in peril.
The large internet service providers want to control what you see and how fast you see it, by slowing down or even completely blocking access to many websites. They want to control traffic in such a way as to maximize profit, to the detriment of the free flow of information, opinion and ideas.
There’s new federal legislation, introduced on Feb 2, 2008 by Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.): the “Internet Freedom Preservation Act” (HR 5353).
From Rep. Markey’s web site:
The goal of this bipartisan legislation is to assure consumers, content providers, and high tech innovators that the historic, open architecture nature of the Internet will be preserved and fostered. H.R. 5353 is designed to assess and promote Internet freedom for consumers and content providers. Internet freedom generally embodies the notion that consumers and content providers should be free to send, receive, access and use the lawful applications, content, and services of their choice on broadband networks, possess the effective right to attach and use non-harmful devices to use in conjunction with their broadband services, and that content providers not be subjected to unreasonably discriminatory practices by broadband network providers.
http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3268&Itemid=141
Write your Congressman and tell them to support the Internet Freedom Preservation Act!
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