Save Internet Neutrality

Today we take a break from my personal naval-gazing to bring to your attention a matter of utmost high importance. There is a bill before Congress that will, in effect, allow bandwidth providers to meter traffic on the internet based on the compensation they get from the websites themselves. This could also result in these companies slowing access to sites they disagree with or that compete with them in the marketplace.

I first read about this on Wil Wheaton's blog. Though we differ politically on pretty much everything, when groups as diverse as those behind the opposition to this bill link up then there must be something very bad with what Congress is doing.

I'm definitely a competition-friendly guy. I definitely believe in competition between business, service providers, and heck even software companies (hear that, Microsoft?). But this is letting people drive different speeds on the roads based on how much they pay for the privilege. This just isn't right.

Go to SaveTheInternet.com for more info.

We will return to our regularly scheduled navel-gazing tomorrow. Please pardon the interruption.