Sunday, July 8, 2007

What Is "Net Neutrality"?

Today's topic;"Net Neutrality."

It is a rule or principle to make all computer users equally. Under this rule, computer users should be equal what kind of information we can get or how much faster we access on the web. Whoever uses computer, speed is the same, and quality of the information is the same among people.



When I knew this, I thought it is good rule because in some web sites, we can't see the most interesting pages unless I pay extra money for them.



However, many US companies are afraid of this rule because they may loose profit if this rule acts.
In some web page, there is a kind of discrimination between special users and other ordinary users. To become special, we have to pay extra in some web site, then we can enjoy contents.

According to Internet, this issue is becoming popular in Japan, but I think it is still not so serious problem. But if it become familiar to us, we have to think more carefully.

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