Freedom of Medium

The World Wide Web is a vastly large place onto which any person and their cat can share information with other persons and cats. Right now, anyone can post their ideas on the web. How do I know? If that statement was anything but true, this blog wouldn't exist and you would not be siting in front of a computer reading it. Canada's Internet is an equal playing field.
For now at least.
Some people (perhaps the kind who sit in wing back chairs feverishly petting an innocent feline on their lap) want to slice up that Web into unequal pieces and offer each of them at a hefty price. If this happens, the internet will resemble any major highway: slow lane, faster lane and inevitably, the toll lane. While cars of corporate interests lie back on cruise control, those who can't afford to pay the tolls will end up in traffic jams, preventing them from arriving at their goal destination in any decent amount of time.
If you havn't caught on yet, this internet privatization is not a good thing... unless you're an internet provider. Cause if you are, you get to call the shots. But if you're not, you're the one getting shot. Swindled, scammed, stolen from... savvy?

Net Neutrality is the [not so crazy] idea that a consumer's access to the World Wide Web shouldn't be controlled by money but that consumers should be in control over what content, services and applications they choose to use on the public internet.

How does the internet become non-neutral? Speedy internet download is the responsibility of bandwidth. The more you have, the faster it goes. In a situation where the net is not-neutral, your internet service provider (ISP) will be allowed to block certain sites from you, which will appear as a website that takes too long to load. You'll move on to other websites or you'll be forced to pay money to gain access to more bandwidth. The bottom line is, ISP's will be in control and one way or another, you will pay. For example, your choices might look something like this.

From: Boing Boing

So, you're probably wondering, what the heck can we do about it? Little people can't possibly win against powerful giants in this world!

Well, to that I say: hasn't The Lord of the Rings taught you anything?

The idea of Net Neutrality has been debated upon politically for some time and it's about time laws are made to ensure that the net remains neutral. You can help get the ball rolling by showing the government that you Net Neutrality in Canada by signing a petition. Get informed about what's happening on the front lines by joining a mailing list.

Do some research and find out where Canada stands, what's being done in Parliment, and how you can Use the Internet to Save the Internet.