Net Neutrality: Save teh Internets

I have never been the political type, but dare to take away my Internets and you will unleash a nerdy Altered Beast style internet activist transformation.

Net Neutrality is an issue that is often discussed among the internet community and I feel that the message cannot be repeated enough. This is something that everyone should know and care about as there is still time for us to shape the future of the internet.

To sum it up, Net Neutrality is about about keeping the internet equal. Right now the Internet is a level playing field where small blogs (like this one) have just as much priority as larger sites like yahoo, myspace, and CNN. Their sites are not given preferential treatment and that is the way it should stay.

Telecommunications companies and the large media networks want to do away with network neutrality in a number of different ways. The first is that telecommunications companies will sell preferential treatment to large networks. The little guys will never be able to pay the fees and thus be pushed to the back of the line.

The second is that some companies want to create a tiered service plan where you would pay for access to different groups of sites. Want to access wikipedia? Sorry, you do not have the Internet Research Plan. Click here to upgrade your subscription… lulz! Ridiculous.

Compromising Net Neutrality is a very very bad thing for internet users. Telecommunication companies are just trying to find new ways to profit in their typical capitalist fashion. Reducing the accessibility of the internet is not something that should be tolerated. I urge you to be aware of the issue with the upcoming election and continue to follow how telecommunications are trying to alter Net Neutrality.

This is OUR internet. Let’s be sure to keep it that way.

I compiled a some videos discussing a few aspects of Net Neutrality below.

Dems Crazy Yo

Political affiliations aside, anyone who knows anything about politics knows that the Democrats are just delaying a presidential campaign. In a position where the Dems are looking to take office for the first time in eight years, we still have two candidates fighting it out over the primary election.