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ORIGINAL: JustDarkness
What is this net neutrality actually? COuld some one please explain it to an European?
Hi Just. Thank you for asking.
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What is Network Neutrality? Network Neutrality -- or "Net Neutrality" for short -- is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet. Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination. Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service on a non-discriminatory basis without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data -- not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=faq
DSL is not the high speeds that you have in EU. It could be such- but for being teck the US has a ways to go. ISPs want to charge extra for certain content- a good example on it is how AOL wants you to look at AOL stuff, and nothing else. And so forth. (in fact AOL 2.3 program was the AOL was the only ISP that would work on the computer)
the premise of the net is one is free to go to other areas, and not be penalized.
BTW the telecoms promised us the moon to pass the 1996 telecom law. They were going to build a super highway. We are still waiting tho.
And ISP for any number of reasons could decide they dont want people going to CM. So they can slow down the speed of loading the pages.... this type of thing.
The worry is warranted an ISP in Canada was slowing certain internet traffic.
So as user, I should be free to go to yahoo. AOL, CM of john does web page- with no barriers. Once the serice is paid for- additional fees would not be permitted.
Did you know a text message in the US costs the company 1/2 cent? Same thing with caller ID.
So under net neutrality- you would be reading this post. Under a not nuetral system, the page would still be loading.
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