AN OPEN INTERNET IS PART OF FREE SPEECH AND FREE SPEECH IF PART OF EVERY AMERICAN'S CIVIL RIGHTS. TO REGULATE IT IS TO TAKE AWAY ONE OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN EVER IF WE HOPE TO KEEP A FREE SOCIETY.
Right now there is no such thing as an "open internet". If you keep the Internet Service Providers in the same position they are now, your internet connection will be nothing more than an extended cable television channel, where the only thing you will see, is what your internet company allows you to see...
@Dar, you are a moron. Net Neutrality has nothing to do with restricting free speech. IT PROTECTS FREE SPEECH. The only groups trying to "regulate" and "control" free speech on the internet are the ISPs. It has already started. There are already broadband suppliers that filter content they don't agree with, that restrict file transfers based on what their file extension is, and that change your network speed depending on who you are connecting to.
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I just got Poe's Law'd, didn't I. I'm sorry Dar. You are not a moron. But just so you know, acting sarcastic like this doesn't help the cause of Net Neutrality. I suggest you stick to supporting arguments with facts. people get confused when you pretend to be against Net Neutrality like this.
Free speech seems to be working just fine on the internet, so why get the government involved? If you think government is going to protect you, let me ask this. . . who will protect you from your protector? The internet is a good thing why mess it up with coercive monopolistic rules?
@isabelsecret: Turn the caps lock off. It's considered shouting, and it's rude. The whole point of Network Neutrality rules is to preserve freedom of speech for customers -- real people. Corporations aren't people, and the definition of a corporation is trading legal liability for other forms of regulation.
@Dar: Without Network Neutrality, you won't have freedom of speech. What you have left is only paid speech.
takeymctaker----I know it's considered shouting,I AM SHOUTING because I believe very strongly in what I said. Also forgive me but since when did you become the internet etiquette police?? and ummm my point is that NETWORK NEUTRALITY should be for the people to express freely their ideas, dislikes, likes--oh yes free speech they call it--- Anyway if you think I am rude because I typed in all caps that is your problem and also my right to do so if I FEEL LIKE IT. So get over it.
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