The Net at Risk January 3, 2007
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Articles/Videos.trackback
Bill Moyers “Moyers on America” series recently covered the issue of net neutrality, or the effort of Internet service providers to prioritize some connections for certain customers or types of connections. This would allow for video streaming to have a better connection than your email for example. Sounds good but we’ll need an even more robust network, and that will come at a cost. In fact, it turns out the cost has already been payed for by you without the promised network upgrades. Will you have to pay for it all over again? Will the Internet remain an information super highway, or become a toll road?
From the description for the show:
“The future of the Internet is up for grabs. Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) effectively eliminated net neutrality rules, which ensured that every content creator on the Internet-from big-time media concerns to backroom bloggers-had equal opportunity to make their voice heard. Now, large and powerful corporations are lobbying Washington to turn the World Wide Web into what critics call a “toll road,” threatening the equitability that has come to define global democracy’s newest forum. Yet the public knows little about what’s happening behind closed doors on Capitol Hill.”
You can view the entire episode online at:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/index.html
You’ll need Real Player or Windows Media Player installed.
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