Net Neutrality
Daily Freeman, August 21, 2010
Recently, Google and Verizon proposed that Net Neutrality prevail, but only on wired Internet connections. Mobile would be subject to the business decisions of providers. This is essentially putting in the hands of big telecom companies some very critical decisions about the free-flow of information. Mobile is, after all, clearly the future of the Internet, just as mobile elbowed aside wired telephones with breathtaking speed.
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