Net Neutrality Brian Stelter and David Gallagher on Timescast

I am posting this video because it gives you an overview of the arguments that are for and against the issue of net neutrality.  As for me I have always been on the side of  the "purist Internet user."  Because of the environment that the Internet and Web fosters, it encourages creativity and innovation among its users. The language used on the Web is open standard and free.  I recently wrote in in Dreamweaver/Flash blog that all you need is a text editor such as Notepad++, which is also free, and anyone can write a Web site.  


Imagine, if the ruling were to favor the ISPs and telecommunication companies, it would first begin with the slowing of user's access to Web sites that compete with services offered by the provider.  I don't mean to sound paranoid, but does it stop there?  Will providers block sites that they deem offensive?  Who determines what is offensive and vulgar and what is acceptable content.  This essentially takes the choice away from individual users.  For example, I do not like gambling and I choose not to go to gambling Web sites.  As much as I wish people did not gamble on the Web, I certainly would not like my ISP to block these sites.  As I would not like for them to block political blogs I visit because the owner of the ISP does not agree with its political viewpoint and beliefs.  


The FCC, Congress, and Federal courts have to tread on and comb through this issue very carefully and not allow loopholes to be used by a small minority to control the content distributed through the Internet. 

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Chapter 1: The Internet Reflections

The video above is an example of how far the Internet has come since its inception back in the 1960s when it was developed as a way to protect national security in the case of a nuclear attack.  As the Internet evolved, it was utilized by academia, and the scientific community.  Each of these institutions contributed to further technological advancements.  The military developed TCP/IP as a standard protocol for packet switching, while the academia offered Leonard Kleinrock, the scholar that developed packet switching, and finally the scientific community developed new networks by connecting server regional supercomputer centers. 

However it took a new language and protocol for the Internet to become the WorldWideWeb.  HTML and HTTP, made the Internet user friendly.  Tim Berners-Lee's vision was to make the Internet less laborious for users by using hyperlinks to connect not only text, but graphics, video, and audio on demand.  With the development of a user-friendly GUI, commercial browsers, such as NetScape's Navigator and the Microsoft's Explorer, came on the scene. 

Today there are over two billion users worldwide that connect to the Web in a variety of ways and for different reasons.  For many it is a means to communicate by e-mail, chat, social networks and video phone.  While many engage in e-commerce through retail websites, auctions, banking, and investing.  While others use the Web to inform, learn/teach, and share knowledge through blogs, news sites, and distance learning institutions.  And most recently it has become a major source of entertainment as technologies converge.  

It is apparent that the Internet is so ingrained our daily lives that smartphones sales have increased in the past five years.  Smartphones are cellphones that are also pocket size computers that can access the Web anywhere by using broadband networks.  This is evidence that many modern folks today cannot stay away from the Web for too long. 

  

Hello All,

Welcome to my second blog spot.  I have never thought of creating one and now I created two in one week.  The first is for my Dreamweaver/Flash class.  This should be interesting since I will be managing two at the same time.  It is a good thing I'm a pretty fast typist. 

I will do my very best to reach out to my fellow classmates for advice and I hope that I may be able to do the same.  Good luck to all. 

Oh by the way here is the link to my first blog spot:

http://veronicadreamweaverflash.blogspot.com/