Net Neutrality
The house in it's craven wet dream for all things big business has voted down the Net Neutrality bill that would have kept the internet a free system for everyone to use. This is a very bad thing to happen to the idea of open competition in the market place. I think you can draw parallels to the The Eisenhower Interstate System and it's impact on the economy of the U.S.
Eisenhower created this system for a few reasons.
These are highways in rural and urban areas which provide access between an arterial and a major port, airport, public transportation facility, or other intermodal transportation facility (good way to move goods which is good for the economy).
Strategic Highway Network(STRAHNET): This is a network of highways which are important to the United States' strategic defense policy and which provide defense access, continuity and emergency capabilities for defense purposes.
Major Strategic Highway Network Connectors: These are highways which provide access between major military installations and highways which are part of the Strategic Highway Network.
I will focus on the first reason, connecting of towns and cities. By building the Interstate System, Eisenhower created the means to move goods and services in a more efficient manner, thereby creating the means for the U.S. to build a stronger economy. About 98 percent of all roads in NHS have been built. The 256,000 kilometers (km) of NHS include only 4 percent of the nation's roads, but they carry more than 40 percent of all highway traffic, 75 percent of heavy truck traffic (the products we use everyday), and 90 percent of tourist traffic. With numbers like that, you can see the importance of the Interstate System. Now what does this have to do with Net Neutrality? Easy. The Interstate Highway System is currently free system, which makes the movement and shipping of products cheaper than if there were tolls. If there were tolls on the roads, you can be assured our economy would not be as strong and only the largest companies with the resources to pay the tolls would be able to thrive, thereby creating less choice for consumers. It is the same thing with Net Neutrality. By getting rid of Net Neutrality, Congress has essentially set the frame work for tolls on the net which makes it possible for only the largest corporations to do business (the ones that can afford the premium service of faster connections speed to their web site). Now smaller start-up companies that don't have the budget to afford the faster connection speed, will be left out in the cold when trying to sell their goods and services. Now Amazon, Google, Target, Best Buy, etc. will be able to assure their place on the net because the connection they pay for will be faster and more reliable. What consumer is going to want to wait for that discount electronic web site to load when Amazon loads much faster? Congress has put up a big roadblock for any of the small start-ups to do compete in our, supposedly, free market. A vote against Net Neutrality is a vote against competion. No competion means higher prices for everyone.
I urge you to contact your congressperson.
For the Senate, I suggest you contact your Senater and urge him or her to vote for competion and for Net Neutrality:
For the House here is a list of who voted for net
neutrality and against. Republicans go on and on about free markets and competion, take a look at which Republican actually beleives it.
Eisenhower created this system for a few reasons.
These are highways in rural and urban areas which provide access between an arterial and a major port, airport, public transportation facility, or other intermodal transportation facility (good way to move goods which is good for the economy).
Strategic Highway Network(STRAHNET): This is a network of highways which are important to the United States' strategic defense policy and which provide defense access, continuity and emergency capabilities for defense purposes.
Major Strategic Highway Network Connectors: These are highways which provide access between major military installations and highways which are part of the Strategic Highway Network.
I will focus on the first reason, connecting of towns and cities. By building the Interstate System, Eisenhower created the means to move goods and services in a more efficient manner, thereby creating the means for the U.S. to build a stronger economy. About 98 percent of all roads in NHS have been built. The 256,000 kilometers (km) of NHS include only 4 percent of the nation's roads, but they carry more than 40 percent of all highway traffic, 75 percent of heavy truck traffic (the products we use everyday), and 90 percent of tourist traffic. With numbers like that, you can see the importance of the Interstate System. Now what does this have to do with Net Neutrality? Easy. The Interstate Highway System is currently free system, which makes the movement and shipping of products cheaper than if there were tolls. If there were tolls on the roads, you can be assured our economy would not be as strong and only the largest companies with the resources to pay the tolls would be able to thrive, thereby creating less choice for consumers. It is the same thing with Net Neutrality. By getting rid of Net Neutrality, Congress has essentially set the frame work for tolls on the net which makes it possible for only the largest corporations to do business (the ones that can afford the premium service of faster connections speed to their web site). Now smaller start-up companies that don't have the budget to afford the faster connection speed, will be left out in the cold when trying to sell their goods and services. Now Amazon, Google, Target, Best Buy, etc. will be able to assure their place on the net because the connection they pay for will be faster and more reliable. What consumer is going to want to wait for that discount electronic web site to load when Amazon loads much faster? Congress has put up a big roadblock for any of the small start-ups to do compete in our, supposedly, free market. A vote against Net Neutrality is a vote against competion. No competion means higher prices for everyone.
I urge you to contact your congressperson.
For the Senate, I suggest you contact your Senater and urge him or her to vote for competion and for Net Neutrality:
For the House here is a list of who voted for net
neutrality and against. Republicans go on and on about free markets and competion, take a look at which Republican actually beleives it.
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