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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNet Neutrality - This statement by POTUS is pretty good.
More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago. And here's a big reason we've seen such incredible growth and innovation: Most Internet providers have treated Internet traffic equally. That's a principle known as "net neutrality" and it says that an entrepreneur's fledgling company should have the same chance to succeed as established corporations, and that access to a high school student's blog shouldn't be unfairly slowed down to make way for advertisers with more money.
That's what President Obama believes, and what he means when he says there should be no gatekeepers between you and your favorite online sites and services.
And as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers new rules for how to safeguard competition and user choice, we cannot take that principle of net neutrality for granted. Ensuring a free and open Internet is the only way we can preserve the Internet's power to connect our world. That's why the President has laid out a plan to do it, and is asking the FCC to implement it.
Watch President Obama explain his plan, then read his statement and forward it on.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/net-neutrality
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Glitter Shitting Pony therefor , not good enough and just what a Republican would do.
djean111
(14,255 posts)cable companies, to head up the FCC. Let's see what actually happens.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
wandy
(3,539 posts)And when trying to view the video.............
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Ironic, isn't it.