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May 3, 2006

Why Should You Care About Network Neutrality?

by @ 10:48. Filed under Technology

Because the future of the Internet depends on it!


Tim Wu, writer for Slate Magazine seems to think so:

Welcome to the fight over “network neutrality,” Washington’s current obsession. The debate centers on whether it is more “neutral” to let consumers reach all Internet content equally or to let providers discriminate if they think they’ll make more money that way.

This is also happening in Ottawa where the CRTC makes the rules.. During the recent election it was referred to as two-tiered Internet.

Read the whole article at Slate Magazine

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em·po·ri·um n.
A place where various goods are bought and sold; a marketplace;
a large retail store;
a place of business: a furniture emporium;
a bazaar or shop.

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Vir·tu·al adj. - Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name:
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Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination;
Computer Science. Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network.



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