Barack Obama and Network Neutrality

Barack Obama fully supports network neutrality.


Barack Obama feels that “Because most Americans only have a choice of only one or two broadband carriers, carriers are tempted to impose a toll charge on content and services, discriminating against websites that are unwilling to pay for equal treatment. This could create a two-tier Internet in which websites with the best relationships with network providers can get the fastest access to consumers, while all competing websites remain in a slower lane.”

By creating a two-tier internet it threatens the innovation of the open internet and architecture of the internet. This also allows all of the bigger companies to control the internet and its contents. By having network neutrality it will ensure that new competitors, large or small, non-profit speakers or anyone for that matter, have the same opportunities as the larger companies that innovate on the internet to reach large audiences or specifically targeted audiences.

I also support network neutrality because I feel that everyone should have the same opportunities with in the internet and that it should not be controlled by the larger companies who inovate it.  This will allow everyone the same rights and access on the internet.

Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2007/11/26/qa-with-senator-barack-obama-on-key-technology-issues/#ixzz0pcbPX2ne