Donald Denney
CS 101 Essay 2
3/18/2012
According to research I read at the New York Times, Net Neutrality is a way of classifying Internet access and the web in its current state. They say that the entire Internet must available to anyone with the desire to access it, on an equal basis. This is currently a hot topic in the media because of the legal battle between citizens and the large corporations backed by billions of dollars. The government is forced to deal with large corporations who are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying Congress to get rid of net neutrality. One problem lies with the type of information that is available. There is always a certain age for this movie or that game. Its a way of feeling that we are helping people who can’t use their own judgement about what information to access. With identity theft, child porn and sexual predators rampant, the way the Internet is presented to an end user must be monitored and distributed to the user as seen fit by some kind of standards. Opposition say to leave it to the family to monitor and secure their families internet access, but much like guns, booze, drugs and porn, there must be some kind of organized prevention continuously looking after the greater good. Perhaps new standards of surfing the web with credentials of some kind to verify age and identity could be a valuable tool for law enforcement, parents and educators. On the other hand, Net Neutrality is essential when it comes to large corporations limiting the flow of data, and access speeds of all sites but their own, for power and profit. An article on Free Press.com can be summarized by saying that reliable and high speed access to the free internet is the only way for developers all over the world to continue to contribute to new technology , software, and applications . The consequences of losing Net Neutrality would be devastating.Large corporations would take over, choices would be eliminated and life would be driven by decisions made in a corporate boardroom. We must continue to fight for and support the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 to safeguard the future of the open Internet and protect Internet users from discrimination online.