Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act
Well, it looks like broadband service providers will have to wait until another day to impede our internet experiences. The US House of Representatives passed the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act, a bill that prevents ISPs from making some sites load faster than others based on who pays them money or who their competitors are.
James Sensenbrenner, a Republican representative (doing the right thing???) hit the nail on the head when he pointed out that this bill is needed because people do not have too many options when it comes to broadband service, creating "an environment ripe for anticompetitive and discriminitory misconduct". As someone with a small web presence, I of course do not want to compete with sites like Amazon or eBay for bandwidth priority, and for all you blogospherites who want to continue reading sites like this, be glad this bill was approved, because there aren't too many other options out there for you.
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Interesting coverage my good man. “Blogospherites” is an interesting coinage which ranks right there with “Vlog”, which is either in common usage or I invented it.
As a conservative, James Sensenbrenner no doubt believes in limiting the size and scope of government, in this case preventing the government from allowing a favorable Internet presence by larger companies. What’s this, a republican against big business? Yes, conservatives, in reality, are fans of business large or small, and allowing monolithic presences like Amazon or Comcast to dominate the Internet would discourage the creation of fledgling Internet business which are currently struggling to gain a footing in the ever-changing world of web based businesses. The passage of this bill is forward-looking and pro-small business. The insidious tentacles of Comcast et al. will have to, as you said “wait until another day to impede our Internet experience”. Long live Laissez faire free web based enterprise.
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