What if your favorite website didn't have enough money to pay the internet providers for high speed preference? Or if your ISP decided that your favorite website was a competitor and wouldn't let you get there?
Sound ridiculous? AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and others want to make this happen!
If they succeed, the internet as we know it will cease to exist. What??? Well, if you want to make a webpage right now and start your own business, it's fairly inexpensive ($20/month or less). In the internet that these telecomm corporations want, that cost goes up a great deal.
Right now, a bill is up for consideration that can make Net Neutrality federal law. Net Neutrality is what we currently experience on the internet. Every site's data is treated the same coming down the wire to your house - nobody receives preferential treatment.
Check out this site for more information: http://www.savetheinternet.com/faq#
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