…or not. I’m not usually one for distributing this kind of thing on our blog, but this is something that affects the industry we work in, and all of us on some personal level also.

You may have already heard about “Net Neutrality” — it’s a term that describes what we currently have: neutral delivery of interent content across networks. Big ISPs are lobbying to change that as the new Gatekeepers of the Internet.

The recent explosion of quality content in today’s Internet is largely due to grassroots participation and initiative. Without a “Net Neutrality” law big ISPs could charge web content providers for “preferred” access through their Internet networks, or choose to lock out non-paying web content providers altogether — including alternative media, like blogs.

The Internet is probably the strongest democratic tool in the world right now and I for one would hate to see the neutrality of the delivery of the internet become changed or influenced by Congress or large corporations in any way.

This is slipping under the general public’s radar as the mainstream media hasn’t really caught onto this in any major way (yet?). There are loads of articles to be found on it, just do a news search somewhere for “net neutrality” or can read about it here. You can also do something about it here or contact Congress people individually here.

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