Nothing Neutral About it

The struggle for net neutrality will set the tone for the next century as either one of free expression and progressive thinking, or one of cooperate dominance and public ignorance.
If you are not yet aware there is a certain amount of freedom of information built right into the internet as a medium, in that no matter what the content, ownership or political affiliation a website has, the speed to connect to the website and ease of access to it is the same as all the others. Simply put: the internet gives you the freedom to go where ever you want and see any information you wish with the same level of service.
However there are those who wish to take that freedom away, to strip the internet of its current role as an inexpensive medium for independent and not for profit organization, as well as everyday citizens, and turn it into another sponsor controlled one way medium like TV and Radio.
The telephone companies and ISPs are the ones pushing for this by implementing a two tier system on the internet, in which websites with money would be able to buy a faster connection to their sites and one that could not would have slower service.
The consequences if this where to happen are clear: the Internet would no longer be available to everyone the way it is now and would become another one-way medium owned by corporations like all of the other major media outlets.
Groups like the Council of Canadians are getting people to write Industry Minister Jim Prentice and put pressure on governments to stop this from happening.
The Internet is the base for most of the independent art and expression of ideas in our modern North American culture. It has become central in our free speech and we can’t let them take that way from us.