Tonight’s meeting with our group went very well. We had a friend of mine, Austin Hamilton come to the meeting to explain Net Neutrality to us. Austin works as a web developer and gave us the abbreviated rundown of 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 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.

This is very important information to know not only for our final whitepaper but also as avid users of the Internet. We keep discussing the Internet and its cost in class but until now I never really was that concerned or thought it had anything to do with me. However, as I continue reading more articles about it I realize that this is an issue that is only going to increase and its affect will be on everyone who uses the Internet.

Please take a moment and visit this site and educate yourself! Thanks!!
www.SAVETHEINTERNET.COM