The Belief, Main Idea

Fundamentally, the interested parties (i.e. content providers, such a Yahoo and Google) would have you believe net neutrality is all about equality; the idea that internet users should be in control of what they view and what applications they can use.

The Government, namely the FCC and its philosophy under the guidelines it has proposed since 2005, would have you believe net neutrality is all about obstructing the free flow of information and stifling “…the foundation for democracy in the 21st century.”

Broadband companies – the companies that actually supply the backbone the applications and content run on – say simply the internet is not free:

"The internet did not appear one day with the current infrastructure we have today."

Moreover, broadband companies counter by reminding content companies of the $70 billion in investment costs for last year alone. If investments like this were not made you can easily imagine reading your e-mail – after it took you 20 minutes to download it.

The people believe, as is correct, that speech and the right to it is free. This is absolutely part of the issue but is so small as compared to what net neutrality so largely about.

The people have a right to a voice they do not have the right to go to a private auditorm that took ages and millions of dollars to build and demand access to it.The people have a right to go somewhere else and boycot the building that denied them fair access. If the building in question was the only access to the marketplace - and it was a documented issue - then laws would and should be appropriate. However, carriers are not motivated to control your voice but manage their networks.