Tuesday, July 15, 2014

FCC Net Neutrality

This is what I wrote to the FCC about net neutrality:

Media has such a dear effect on us, it's important that the volume at which we hear the voices in the world depends only on our willingness to hear them, the quality of their message, and not their money, their power, or their willingness to extract value from the world
Media has such a dear effect on us, it's important that the volume at which we hear the voices in the world depends only on our willingness to hear them, the quality of their message, and not their money, their power, or their willingness to extract value from the world

The reason people are up in arms is because, since we weren't forced to Yahoo or Comcast like an arranged marriage, that we fell in love with what we wanted to, we fell in love with the internet.  It's easy to forget that even AOL was once the little guy who succeeded on it's own merits.  .  Everything that we think of when we think about what is good about the internet *would not have* if rich companies had not been forced to play fair (and so far, often lose) because of net neutrality.

In a world where advantages accrue to the advantaged, leave some level playing field, or else.
 
Here's another one I came across worth a quick read:
https://misfitcitizens.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/net-neutrality/