The following article shows that when many are interested, they can win the great interests of Internet companies.
Yesterday The FCC has confirmed to protect the open Internet, and the general feeling of those who participated in the protests (among them iGuRu.gr) about Internet Neutrality was the relief for victory.
Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), said:
"The Internet is very important to enable broadband providers to make the rules. So today, after a decade of open and lengthy discussions, we finally have legally viable rules to ensure that the Internet remains fast, fair and open. ”
This is probably the essence of the whole internet talk about neutrality. Keeping an Internet "fast, fair and open" away from the full control of ISPs is of the utmost importance, as we cannot entrust the protection of the open Internet to providers who have a financial interest.
Neutrality of the Internet, also called open Internet, is based on a principle: everyone is equal in the movement of the Internet, without discrimination and with no exceptions.
This means that links to Internet they won't be able to be put on hold because they spend (for surfing, Gaming etc) longer time than others, can not be put on hold because one uses more bandwidth than another because it downloads files. It also means that Internet companies cannot decide that one content provider will be able to use more bandwidth than another, as was the case with Netflix last year.
Recall that initially, the proposed deal by Tom Wheeler included all of the above, which upset many people. About 4 millions comments (by anyone responsible) were addressed to the FCC and Barack Obama had to step in asking the Commission to protect the open Internet and not the financial interests of ISPs.
