Let's keep a good thing going: Net neutrality
I don't like to use my blog as a soapbox, but I'd like to break my own rule and ask you to lend your hand to an issue that concerns all marketers: net neutrality.
I'm not a technology wizard, but what seems to be happening is a heavy-handed power play by the largest telecom players to squeeze new revenues from the Internet. Today, it's one big network. Tomorrow, if the big telecoms get their way, some networks will be "equaller" than others, with faster, superior service provided to those web sites who pay more for the privilege.
Really bad idea. The Internet has become such a powerful social and economic force precisely becuase of its openness and equality. You post your best stuff and the marketplace decides whether you're worthy -- not a handful of politically connected corporations.
Want to keep it that way? Get involved. You can sign a net neutrality petition here or find congressional contact info here.
The Internet's a good thing. Let's keep it that way.
I'm not a technology wizard, but what seems to be happening is a heavy-handed power play by the largest telecom players to squeeze new revenues from the Internet. Today, it's one big network. Tomorrow, if the big telecoms get their way, some networks will be "equaller" than others, with faster, superior service provided to those web sites who pay more for the privilege.
Really bad idea. The Internet has become such a powerful social and economic force precisely becuase of its openness and equality. You post your best stuff and the marketplace decides whether you're worthy -- not a handful of politically connected corporations.
Want to keep it that way? Get involved. You can sign a net neutrality petition here or find congressional contact info here.
The Internet's a good thing. Let's keep it that way.
1 Comments:
Great post! Thanks for helping to save the Internet!
Adam Green
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