I’ve been extremely vocal in my support of Net Neutrality. After all, I even wrote my English proposal on it over the spring semester! I want the Internet to remain the one place where I can go to access unfettered information/data. I don’t want anyone sniffin’ my packets and I definitely don’t want my ISP to limit my quality of service because I stream videos or download legal information via BitTorrent.
Today could be the start of a great time for Net Neutrality supporters (and c’mon, who doesn’t support neutral access to the Internet?). Today the FCC announced that on Monday they will propose new “rules” regarding Net Neutrality at a speech in New York. The AP gives the full details about the story. One important note they hit on is the fact that this could work, if the rules are detailed enough that the ISPs can’t wiggle around them and find loopholes.
No matter if you support/oppose the Obama administration, you can at least say that the administration is trying to get things in order on the technology front. And this fight probably would have went absolutely no where if consumers hadn’t spoke up.
