Sunday, October 14, 2007

The US Justice Dept.'s View

I just read this very short article from BBC news, stating that the US Justice Department, said that ISPs should be allowed to charge for a 2-tiered Internet. So basically this means that the US Justice Department is against net neutrality. This article gives both views on net neutrality. I have seen through several other articles that colleges and libraries will suffer if net neutrality isn't enforced. This will happen because ISPs will charge libraries and colleges to pay more for access to different websites or applications. I believe that colleges get enough money they can afford this, but libraries on the other hand, that provide FREE access to the Internet, can and probably will suffer. Now the debate over net neutrality is in the UK. So if part of the US government is against net neutrality, how can they help enforce net neutrality? Interesting thought.

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