Ma Bell’s Backdoor Stimulus
This is why the principles of net neutrality and universal access to the internet should be enshrined in law.
Remember those commercials, the ones that ran on national TV, proclaiming some nifty thing you'd be about to do through "the nets" in years to come? I'm speaking of the ones that went on to add, "....and the company that'll bring it to you, AT&T".
Those ones?
Most folks aren't aware that they've been paying for those nifty things for twenty years now, and only half of them are getting anything closely resembling the commercials.
What is Network Neutrality?
I've seen a couple articles today where the Republicans are trying to politicize the concept of network neutrality, comparing it in one case to "a Fairness Doctrine for the Internet".
Well, it's not that. And I could spend several paragraphs excoriating Republicans for yet-another weak attempt to convince uninformed voters that Obama's going to [fill-in-the-blank], but I won't. Instead, I will simply present you with What Net Neutrality Is, and What Net Neutrality Isn't.
