Monday, April 16, 2007

Save the Internet

Do you know anything about Net Neutrality? I’ve been following it for awhile. There’s a link on my website for more info, and a petition to sign under Save the Internet.

http://acta-solutions.com

Basically, we are trying to prevent Telecom and Cable companies from charging a premium for access to certain websites and download traffic. Comcast is among the leaders of the opposition. For years, they have been leveraging their Bandwidth at the customer’s expense. They are using the theory that not all users are actively downloading content. With the advent of Video On Demand and Bittorrent, these companies are no longer able to “cheat” the customers by robbing Bandwidth from your neighbor. Comcast wants to charge extra for this Bandwidth, even though we’ve been paying for an agreed upon amount of Bandwidth for years. Instead of using the money these past 8 years to upgrade Infrastructure to address the problems we are facing today, executives lined their pockets. Thus, Comcast starts lobbying to change the billing structure of the Internet. It’s downright criminal, but check it out for yourself.

L8r,

Dave

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