via Mashable
Last month the FCC ( the U.S. equivalent of the CRTC here in Canada) announced new Proposed Net Neutrality Rules, paving the way for a law that would require all traffic on the internet to be treated equally (just like electricity is). This would mean that ISP’s like Comcast and AT&T would be banned from shaping or throttling traffic ( the practice of limiting some users, services or websites bandwidth access)
As Mashable notes
As expected though, the FCC’s new rules have created a division in opinions. But while ISPs and the world’s largest Internet companies (including Facebook, Twitter, Google, Digg, eBay, and Amazon) have been duking it out, longtime Arizona Senator and former U.S. presidential candidate John McCain has stepped into the ring by introducing a bill to stop the FCC’s rules from coming to fruiting.
McCain on Net Neutrality
Mr. Mcain apparently believes that net neutrality as it now stands would:
“stifle innovation, in turn slowing our economic turnaround and further depressing an already anemic job market.”
Give me a break!
The very reason why the internet has seen such growth is because it’s been open to anyone with an internet connection. Folks like you and me have the same access to service as big companies or brands do. Meaning companies like ours have a chance to operate on a global playing field, without being priced out of the market.
Just look at the growth of internet applications, e commerce sites and the internet in general.
McCain also “specifically objects to the FCC regulating the wireless industry, saying that a lack of government intervention has been central to its growth.”
Pardon?
These industries are regulated. Telecommunications companies ( Comcast, AT&T in the States and Telus or Shaw here in Canada) have been granted the right to offer us services or have bought access to federally controlled wireless spectrum . That protection has allowed them to charge fees to cover equipment investments and the cost of operating the service.
Is this not a type of Monopoly?
Sorry Mr. McCain, you’re out of date man. We want an open and neutral internet, for benefit of everyone, including our economy.
More: vist http://saveournet.ca/