Internet Neutrality? Yeah sure....

I have said it is a matter of time before the federal government shuts us down. Well that time looks like it is much closer. How are you going to like the FCC deciding what can or can't be said on your blogs? How about who can have blogs or having to pay a big fat tax to even read a blog. These will be just a few of the ways the folks at war with the Chamber of Commerce, Fox News, Health Insurance, Talk Radio, the Consitution, Sarah Palin, Christianity, Capitalism, the health care system, the U.S dollar, the Military, the CIA, non-union Businesses, the Unborn, Your car, French Fries, and anyone reading this can restrict who says what and for how much on the worldwide web. Think about it, if the rumors about the so called enemies list at the "Charman Mao memorial bldg.", formerly known as the White House are true, do you think the emerging opposition to the marxist agenda of the Regime has gone unnoticed? The following is from our friend Chris and he did this story so well, I basically trashed my post on this in favor of his. He is new over here with us and on his blog he talks about whatever subject he likes. Check him out here: http://chrisgworld.blogspot.com I really like his blog. He just talks about whatever is on his mind which I find extremely refreshing. Now, I don't claim to know how, but I know that the government wants to control what you see and say online, but I am unsure if they would leave such power in corporate hands.

With the FCC voting tomorrow on Net Neutrality I wanted to find out all i could about it:

Net Neutrality is this:

Net Neutrality is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.
Net Neutrality simply means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
Net Neutrality is the reason the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data -- not to choose which data to privilege with higher quality service. ( source)

So why and who is trying to get rid of it?:

The nation's largest telephone and cable companies -- including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner Cable -- want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won't load at all.

They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. And they want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services and streaming video -- while slowing down or blocking services offered by their competitors.

These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of a level playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services -- or those of b ig corporations that can afford the steep tolls -- and leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road.
The big phone and cable companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to gut Net Neutrality, putting the future of the Internet at risk. (source). in essence, they want to control what we see and where we go online

But now the FCC is getting involved. From redorbit.com:

Five years into an often-heated policy debate, proponents of so-called “net neutrality” may finally be close to getting their wish of having broad band service providers guarantee equal treatment of all types of Internet traffic. Such ‘net neutrality’ rules would ensure that Internet users could access any Web site and online services they choose, and that cable and phone
companies, for instance, could not block subscribers from using lower-cost Internet calling services or accessing competitive online video sites. However, despite or. because of Democratic control of both the Congress and the WhiteHouse, enacting “net neutrality” rules is proving to be a challenge.Ultimately, the courts and perhaps even Congress may have to get involved in the matter.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to vote this Thursday on a proposal by chairman Julius Genachowski, which calls for regulations to be drafted that would prohibit Internet providers from discriminating against any type of Internet traffic.

The internet is one thing that is unregulated. But now people want to regulate it. I think thats dangerous. For the record, FCC Chairmen has said yes to Net Neutrality