A Simple Explanation of the Net Neutrality Controversy

As I expressed in an article I wrote recently about Net Neutrality, the concept itself is a little confusing. Fortunately, HowStuffWorks has created a page that makes it much easier to understand the whole issue of Net Neutrality. Check it out if you’re at all interested.

My views are still the same as expressed before. I believe the beauty of the internet is variety, and allowing broadband providers to have control over who has content delivered quickly will limit the variety on the internet. Allowing broadband providers to play favorites would give us fewer news and multimedia sources, fewer or no next big thing websites, and the near death of blogs. In essence, the number of varying opinions on the web would shrink dramatically. Thus, we need Network Neutrality to maintain a quality internet