Could the Internet become a one-way medium?

"you know who won't be able to pay is the little guys and you'll be crushing the future of inovation..." A look at the history of the communication and where it's going next.

Please urge your Congressional Representatives to act on The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008 (H.R. 5353). If the bill passes the House, it will then go to the Senate, where both major presidential candidates, Senator Barack Obama, and Senator John McCain, will have a chance to respond and voice their opinions on Net Neutrality.

We CAN make this an election issue. We WILL win the Net Neutrality battle if Senator Barack Obama is elected as President of the United States!

2012: The Year The Internet Ends?

"Every significant Internet provider around the globe is currently in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium: no more freedom, you pay for a small commercial package of sites you can visit and you'll have to pay for seperate subscriptions for every site that's not in the package."

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One of the potential solutions mentioned in this video is to make this issue political. Legislation protecting Net Neutrality by ensuring that the ISPs uphold the commitments and principles of Net Neutrality in exchange for continued protection from taxation is in the works. For example, H.R.5353 the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008

The bill aims to ensure the ISPs that built the infrastructure of the Internet (with huge taxpayer-funded subsidies) uphold the principles of an open internet and not discriminate between different types of content, or discriminate against independent content providers. Please contact your congressperson, and urge them to support H.R.5353!

And of course, another way to help support Network Neutrality is to cast your vote this November and help Senator Barack Obama, a champion for Net Neutrality, get elected as President of the United States!