Keep it Neutral

If you are anything like the majority of Californians today, then you must be a fan of the first
amendment to the constitution: Freedom of Speech. This amendment allows Americans to say
what we want within reason. Net neutrality is very similar to our basic right of Freedom of
Speech. Net neutrality endows internet users the right to use what web sites they prefer when
they deem it necessary and without regulating processing time. Although many avid internet users may not have heard of Net neutrality before, it has been in use equally as long as the World Wide Web itself.

Recently, the issue of net neutrality has come to the attention of Congress and the FCC by lobbyist working for Fund-using-corporate-kings. Since these “f-u-c-k’s” are never satisfied with their bank roll they continue to squeeze every last dollars from our empty pockets.

If “f-u-c-k’s” such as AT&T, Comcast, Verison and Time Warner have their way with the internet we will be paying butt-loads of money in order to access the internet. Internet bills will begin to look more like your cable bills. Instead of paying one flat rate for overall access to the internet, you will have to pay by specific packages. Having access to the entire internet will no longer be a standard it would be the premium package.

When on the web, we will experience: corporate favoritism of their own search engine, automatic redirects and unregulated processing control. The latter of the three is most upsetting. Say you want to access a site you frequent on a regular basis. Upon entering the URL it takes two times as long for the site to open then it usually would. The slowing or blocking of web sites could become a reality if the site you want to access happens to be a competitor of “f-u-c-k’s”.

What does this mean for the job market? For smaller sites, like the companies we (College Students) might find entry level video production gigs could be subject to harsh internet tactics.