Preserve Equal Access: Support Internet Neutrality
Robert Paul Reyes
May 22, 2006
What cause can bring together such disparate groups like: Amazing Kids!, Consumers Association, Media Matters, Afro-Netizen, Parents Television Council, American Library Association, Feminist Majority, Common Cause, Outside the Beltway, Interfaith Council for Social Justice, Google, Craigslist, the Gun Owners of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, Poets in the Attic, MoveOn, Humanist Center of Cultures and the Christian Coalition?
All these companies and organizations support legislation that would make sure that traffic on the Information Highway remains equal for miniscule and mega corporations.
Telecommunications companies have been lobbying for tiered access, which would allow providers to charge premium rates for premium access.
This means that wealthy companies would receive preferential treatment -- their Web site content would be updated sooner and their emails who be dispatched more rapidly.
The Net is the epitome of equal access, my American Chronicle essays compete on an equal footing with The New York Times, The New York Post, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Time Magazine and The Oakland Tribune on the Google News search results.
The Net has leveled the playing field, bloggers and pundits from small publications can now compete with editorial writers from major publications.
The government and world agencies should maintain a hands-off approach to the Internet, but this is a rare instance where Congress should intervene to preserve equal access.
As the greatest democracy in the world, America should take the lead in guaranteeing free speech and equal access
Everyone who believes in Internet neutrality should visit http://savetheinternet.com/ to learn what they can do to help this noble cause.
All these companies and organizations support legislation that would make sure that traffic on the Information Highway remains equal for miniscule and mega corporations.
Telecommunications companies have been lobbying for tiered access, which would allow providers to charge premium rates for premium access.
This means that wealthy companies would receive preferential treatment -- their Web site content would be updated sooner and their emails who be dispatched more rapidly.
The Net is the epitome of equal access, my American Chronicle essays compete on an equal footing with The New York Times, The New York Post, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Time Magazine and The Oakland Tribune on the Google News search results.
The Net has leveled the playing field, bloggers and pundits from small publications can now compete with editorial writers from major publications.
The government and world agencies should maintain a hands-off approach to the Internet, but this is a rare instance where Congress should intervene to preserve equal access.
As the greatest democracy in the world, America should take the lead in guaranteeing free speech and equal access
Everyone who believes in Internet neutrality should visit http://savetheinternet.com/ to learn what they can do to help this noble cause.
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