The War on Net Nuetrality

Blogger Craig Aaron recently made a post discussing the recent trend in the government's regulation of the internet.

Aaron blames the increasing inferiority of American technology, from internet to cell phones, on the mismanagement of the government and their continued cooperation with the big corporations.

While expressing relief at the failure of Congresses recent attempts to eliminate Net Neutrality, Aaron forebodes a future in which Corporations and Congress team together in smoke-filled rooms to eliminate free speech in most sacred forum of this century.

For all of the opinions out there that claim that the internet is a cesspool of immorality and erroneous information, these developments remind me more of the Chinese internet restrictions than a sit-in of the seventies (or of the College of William &Mary).

Aaron suggests some sort of public forum to craft concepts for the future of the internet, an idea that is very much in tandem with the dynamics of the net, free,unrestricted speech.

While I think that this method in the most extreme form may end of sinking into a quagmire like debacle, I do think that public interest must be represented and discussion must be maintained between the people of America and their representatives in Congress (and of course, the entire process should be so transparent that it should boast a streak-free shine). Moreover, Congressmen/women need to become more educated about the internet and its importance in the present and future.