I don't understand why anyone would want an internet where only the top dogs are allowed to thrive just because they already have the collateral to pay ISPs to have traffic flow faster to them.
What about for small business like my own that are just starting out? Right now I'm working with some graphic designers to get a website up. I worked with some fragrance makers in the USA to get essential oils I may put in my soap and a farm in Michigan that exports lard throughout the US.
If people now have to pay more to access sites from smaller businesses such as my own how in the world am I supposed to compete with Dove? The internet is the last place where small business have a place to start and grow. I can't even fathom trying to get an ad on prime time television or trying to put up a billboard next to the street.
I can however create a website, and spread the word through twitter, facebook, videos of my product on youtube and vimeo, internet forums and even google ads.
If these companies are allowed like they are proposed to be under McCain's Internet "Freedom" Act, then they can have access to their websites be faster than mine. Or worse yet, not even be able to access it at all without having to buy some type of "unlimited internet access plan" that costs $100 bucks a months as opposed to a "basic internet access plan" that will give users access to major sites like CNN, Dove, Colgate, Fox, ABC, etc. for a lower cost.
Of course I'm going to lose business if everyone has not purchased this unlimited plan. Why can't the internet just stay as it is where everyone has an equal access? I thought John McCain was for us small businesses, heck I didn't even vote for Obama, but I'm glad he won because I would be beating myself up right now.
I honestly don't care for all this jargon, all I know is, if companies that have a lot of money already are allowed to over shadow us small businesses, the internet might as well not exist. I am against big government, but the alternative sounds worse. The internet is a great marketing tool for small businesses.
Yes, net neutrality. No to internet "freedom" act.
I also wonder...has john mccain even tried to operate a small business using the internet to make transactions?
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