The United States Senate set a date today on when they will bring up the bill that would repeal the net neutrality laws that the FCC has put into place. They will vote on the bill tomorrow sometime. This bill has already passed the US House back in April, so it only has to be approved by the Senate before it is sent to President Obama's desk. President Obama, today, announced that if the bill does reach his desk, that he will veto the bill, and not put it into place. The debate over net neutrality has largely been split on party lines, with the Democratic party mostly being for keeping net neutrality laws in place, and the GOP looking to avoid them.
Net neutrality is an effort to regulate telecommunication's companies and websites and content providers from favoring one company or website or service over another. This would allow for a 'free' Internet, in that any content provider or website has the ability to compete, where as if there were no net neutrality laws in place, in order for a website to get noticed would be to pay the telecommunication's company money, for whichever position they wanted. The benefit, however, to not having net neutrality laws in place would be that it would most likely vastly reduce the amount of pirating or illegal downloading of software, music, movies, and games.
Senator Kay Hutchinson(R-TX) said this about net neutrality:
"It will increase cost and cause delays, if not freezing, many of the innovations that have occurred in our open Internet system"
Hutchinson also argued that it would hinder investment into our Internet structure.
Senator Maria Cantwell(D-WA) offered this take on the subject:
"That's what's happening, these providers who think if I can control the pipe now I can also control the flow. Why allow telcos to run wild on the Internet charging consumers anything they want based on the fact that they have control of the switch?"
Senator Jay Rockefeller(R-WV) made this comment:
"In a world without a free and open Internet, there would be nothing to stop broadband providers from blocking access to Web sites that offer products that compete with those of its affiliates. In a world without a free and open Internet, companies could pay Internet providers to guarantee that their Web sites open more quickly than competitors."
So, what is your opinion on net neutrality? How should it be implemented and controlled, given the wide and broad nature of the Internet? Let me know down in the comments section down below, I would like to read them.
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