"Do you want Washington lawmakers to give yet another handout to big business? If no, press 2 and leave a message to tell your representative to vote no on net neutrality."
That was the automated phone call that I received last night. I am assuming it was from the telecom companies. They are painting Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo as the big business villains who have to pay their "fair share". While the telecoms can't prevent you from visiting any websites, they want the ability to charge providers for the amount of bandwidth they use up with all those visitors. The fear is that the more a company pays, the faster their websites will load on your computer (much better explanations can be found here) And I found it amusing how the call made sure I came away thinking it was a bad bad thing (hmm.. I don't like that Microsoft, so net neutrality must be an awful plan). Here's a flash cartoon about the supposed evils of net neutrality (hmm… I like cartoons, so this net neutrality must be an awful plan… I better call my congressman!). Study up, my fellow American Sectorians – there will be a pop quiz.
