As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
This principle is called “net neutrality” — and it’s under attack. Internet service giants like Comcast and Verizon want to offer premium and privileged access to the Internet for corporations who can afford to pay for it.
The good news is that the Federal Communications Commission has the power to issue regulations that protect net neutrality. The bad news is that draft regulations written by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski don’t do that at all. They’re worse than nothing.
Our own Al Franken, in an Op-Ed in The Huffington Post.
Franken is 100 percent correct. Our Internet Service Providers have one job, and one job only — to provide access to the Internet. They should not be involved in any way in speeding up or slowing down certain content. Our ideas and our products should rise and fall only on their merits, not on the mercy of big telecom companies.
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