Writing Assignment 8/ Net Neutrality

The issue of the net remaining neutral has to do with the phone and cable lines that companies are trying to take over. First of all, I would like to say that I think these lines should belong to the public- just the way radio waves are said to be owned by the public. This is a huge debate and concern because certain companies want to take over the net and charge certain companies more in order for their links to move or connect faster. For example, a company could charge AT&T more money so that their search results would be faster than google's- thus creating more clients and users for AT&T. The group "Savetheinternet.com" is trying to lobby these companies and avoid these profit driven companies from taking over the net.

On the other side of this debate are groups such as "Hands off the Internet" which are in favor of these companies having more control over the net. To me the name 'hands off the internet' sounds like it's more 'hands on the net' rather than the opposite. This group claims that if opposing groups win this debate, the government will actually have to step in and control this issue.

I really am not buying into the arguements of groups such as "hands off the internet". I wouldn't doubt it if the people leading these groups also had connections with media giants such as Yahoo! and SBC. To me it sounds as if these groups are simply profit driven and not interested in the what is best for their clients. The internet should belong to the public and not to media conglomerates.