Net Neutrality and The FCC
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The document discusses net neutrality and its importance for innovation on the internet. It argues that an open, free, and fair internet without interference from internet service providers allows for new ideas and services to be created, as seen with companies like Google, Facebook, and the Human Genome Project. The author was among several tech executives who advocated to keep net neutrality rules in place so that the internet remains open for creativity and new developments that can improve life.
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Net Neutrality and The FCC
- 1. “Net Neutrality and The Federal Communications Commission (FCC).” By: Preston Williams III
- 2. Net Neutrality is the Foundation for “The Internet of Things”. I am one of several Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Digital Officers (CDOs), Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) & Chief Innovation Officers (CIOs) in American companies who lent our voices in the effort to “Keep the Internet as we know it” ( https://www.change.org/p/tom-wheeler-save-net-neutrality). This infrastructure including the technology and governing policies are what made it possible for us to experience many of the revolutionary innovations which have resulted in appreciable improvements in the human experience. Companies like Yahoo ( www.yahoo.com), Google (www.google.com), FaceBook (www.facebook.com) and GBC (www.gbc-inc.net) among many others would not exist today if the recent action taken by the FCC was not inherent in the creation and management of the policies and guidelines which encourage creativity through this medium called “The Internet”.
- 3. Net Neutrality Promotes Creativity. Several of my colleagues and I were vehement in our quest to ensure that the internet remain “FREE & FAIR” in order to protect our digital rights while allowing others with new and hopefully better ideas to create new products and services to further enhance / improve humanity. (https://www.aclu.org/secure/FCC_preserve_net_neutrality). Without net neutrality, initiatives like “The Human Genome Project (HGP) (http://www.genome.gov/10001772)” would never have been conceptualized. Today, this has resulted in successful sequencing & mapping of the human genome. An “OPEN, FREE & FAIR” Internet will provide a foundation for new collaborative research in Genomics and many other fields.
- 4. The FCC Votes to Keep American Innovation Alive. “The "Open Internet" is the Internet as we know it. It's open because it uses free, publicly available standards that anyone can access and build to, and it treats all traffic that flows across the network in roughly the same way. The principle of the Open Internet is sometimes referred to as "net neutrality." Under this principle, consumers can make their own choices about what applications and services to use and are free to decide what lawful content they want to access, create, or share with others. This openness promotes competition and enables investment and innovation. The Open Internet also makes it possible for anyone, anywhere to easily launch innovative applications and services, revolutionizing the way people communicate, participate, create, and do business—think of email, blogs, voice and video conferencing, streaming video, and online shopping. Once you're online, you don't have to ask permission or pay tolls to broadband providers to reach others on the network. If you develop an innovative new website, you don't have to get permission to share it with the world. ~ Source: The Federal Communications Commission (http://www.fcc.gov/openinternet)