Net neutrality is the principle that says all information flowing across the Internet should be treated equally. But with more people streaming data-rich video and playing online games, the Internet faces congestion concerns. Should carriers be able to sell multi-tiered access to heavy users? Should sites that generate massive traffic -- like Google and Yahoo! -- pay extra fees? The U.S. Government is examining Net Neutrality and its financial, legal and social implications. Do we need federal intervention to ensure fairness, or is this an issue for the market to work out?
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Should the Government Regulate Net Neutrality?
Governement stay away
My vote is for the government to keep their nose out of it. The government has its hands full and has some old problems it needs to take care of first. This is a task for the people to handle. If companies start charging more and if the American people do not approve; the answer is quite simple. Stop doing business with those companies. The American people run to the government way too much nowadays to fix our problems instead of us handling them ourselves. We ourselves can fix a lot of problems without any help. All we have to do is quit doing business with the corporate greed mongers. When their wallets start shriveling up because we quit doing business with them they will get the message that we are not screwing around anymore.
- rkm
June 18, 2009 8:35AM
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