OMG Alec!

For those that haven’t heard yet:

Hey guys! Slowpoke here bringing you some breaking news! So apparently the FTC has abandoned Net Neutrality ¹. Net Neutrality is a fresh concept that states that Companies such as ISP cannot control the flow of information. This means that if Net Neutrality weren’t in place, corporations such as Comcast would be able to charge websites and other services a premium for faster access to their sites. They would also be able to make access to their competitors’ sites and services unbearably slow.

Thanks Slowpoke.

The thing that really troubles me is that the abandonment of Net Neutrality allows companies free roam and total control of the data their users are streaming. The consequences of them being able to control the speed of data transfer for certain sites are huge! Imagine for a minute that the only services transferring at your internet connection’s fastest speed are the handful that have paid your provider that premium. That means that any other site will go at perhaps half the speed of which your internet is capable. That doesn’t just limit itself to websites either, it can include games as well as voip.

Another thing that this opens up is Deep Packet Inspection ². What this means is that not only will your provider be able to control how fast you’re able to receive your content, it can also inspect the content you receive. This means that all IMs, emails, and sensitive information transferred to websites are available for access to the provider and anyone whom the provider deems deserving of your information.

I don’t know about you, but I sure as hell don’t want to have my ISP be a gatekeeper. Just gimme my content like I paid you for.

¹ Source: FTC throws out Net Neutrality
² Source: Deep Packet Inspection