But for the watchdogs for the Freedom of our Expression, all over the world, our world would have been destroyed by now, by
the "elected" crooks.Savetheinternet.com is one such watchdog. The
website is vehemently campaigning against some
Telecommunication Amendment Bills, pending for considerations in the U.S.A. Congress.
The Bills are defenitely going to affect, adversely, the Freedom of Expression through Digital technology, all over the world.
It is unfortunate that the world outside the U.S.A. is not taking serious note of the disastrous consequences of the controversial
Bills, comprehensively implied in the contents related to the disputed Bills, in the recent pages of the website.The importance of the
contents may be understood by the following descriptions thereof.
First of all, it is important to know that "Broadband" is one of the latest concepts of the Digital Telecommunication
Technology of the modern times. Previously, it was not possible to transmit any signal other than that of telephone, through a
single telephone-cable. But, now, the invention of "Broadband" has made it possible to transmit many Digital Channels, each
different from the others, on a single telephone-cable, simultaneously. As well as, doing the same thing on TV cables.
Broadband, of course, is a costly system. But, innovative
buisiness-
people, all over the world, made it very cheap for the
end-users, by simultaneously providing variety of services, within local pockets. Thus, creating infinite opportunities for all kind of
developments through Digital Telecommunication, at the global level.
This success of buisiness-people within local pockets, all around the world, provoked some arrogant global corporate giants.
And, hence, they decided to snatch away the Telecommunication-buisiness of Broadband services, from the local buisiness
people. But, it was not possible, unless the Rights of the buisiness people within the local pockets was obliterated by devising
some indiscreet law.
It is an established fact that giant corporate people, all around the world, prosper only because of their lobbying powers, in their
respectve countries.The controversial Bills came into existence only because of this factor. The worldwide website
savetheinternet.com has put forth ample
evidences of the fact that the largest telecom and media giants are spending millions of
dollars lobbying congress for policies that limit competition and bolster their bottom line.
Here are the evidences of their crooked intentions, as are available on the recent pages of the website.
An AT & T's top executive wants consumers and content providers to pay for use of their network. He said that the
internet could not be free and, anybody's expectations to use these Pipes free is nuts; be it Google or, Yahoo or, any other ISP.
Similar views have been expressed by the authorities of BellSouth and Verizon.
These bosses want to have it both ways -- charging customers for access to Broadband, and Content Providers for access to
those customers.
Going by the website's analyis, the threat appears to be real. The Bills open the doors for Internet goalkeepers, offering to
study Netwok Neutrality, rather than creating enforceable protections. Those Bills would take away the ability of local communities
to hold Broadband Service Provider accountable. Consumer Protecton would be adversely affected.
The greatest issue at stake is Net Neutrality. With Net Neutrality, the Network's only job is to move Data -- not to choose which
Data to privilege with higher quality service. But giants like At & T, Verizon, CamCast and, Time Warner want to eliminate the
Internet's open road in favour of a tollway that protects their status quo, while stifling new deas and innovations. If they get their way,
they will shut down the free flow of informations and, dictate how to use the Internet benifiting only themselves.
The website, savetheinternet.com, has provided us with evidences that they have, in fact, committed such atrocities in
the past also.
In 2004 North Carolina Internet Service Provider, Madison River, blocked their DSL customers from usng any rival web-based
phone service.
And there are several other evidences in the recent pages of the webite.
Anybody who knows, how the Internet makes it possible to get in connected to any intended part of the world, can well
understand, the disastrous consequenses of the controversial Bills, all around the world.