"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.
"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."
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!
Protect the Openness of the Internet: A key reason the Internet has been such a success is because it is the most open network in history. It needs to stay that way. Barack Obama strongly supports the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet. Users must be free to access content, to use applications, and to attach personal devices. They have a right to receive accurate and honest information about service plans. But these guarantees are not enough to prevent network providers from discriminating in ways that limit the freedom of expression on the Internet. Because most Americans only have a choice of only one or two broadband carriers, carriers are tempted to impose a toll charge on content and services, discriminating against websites that are unwilling to pay for equal treatment. This could create a two-tier Internet in which websites with the best relationships with network providers can get the fastest access to consumers, while all competing websites remain in a slower lane. Such a result would threaten innovation, the open tradition and architecture of the Internet, and competition among content and backbone providers. It would also threaten the equality of speech through which the Internet has begun to transform American political and cultural discourse. Barack Obama supports the basic principle that network providers should not be allowed to charge fees to privilege the content or applications of some web sites and Internet applications over others. This principle will ensure that the new competitors, especially small or non-profit speakers, have the same opportunity as incumbents to innovate on the Internet and to reach large audiences. Obama will protect the Internet’s traditional openness to innovation and creativity and ensure that it remains a platform for free speech and innovation that will benefit consumers and our democracy. [...]
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