8. The FCC has come in favor of keeping internet bandwidth neutral
in attempt to prevent companies from paying for preferential treatment
9. because they’re worried market forces will compel internet providers
to devote more bandwidth to premium content providers able to pay for speed.
10. Letting Internet providers use “pay-to-play” would put startup sites
and smaller companies at a disadvantage.
11. Today, 2/26/15, day, the FCC enacted its strongest-ever rules on net neutrality,
preserving an open Internet by prohibiting broadband providers from
blocking or slowing content that flows across their pipes.
13. Companies like Verizon and Comcast say the cost of playing by these new rules
will force them to cut back on investments in new technologies,
“stifling their ability to innovate.”
14. Don’t believe them for a second.
You know what will drive these companies to invest and innovate, regardless?
16. An open internet puts everyone in the same boat.
Web developers everywhere must continue to meticulously refine their code
to deliver robust content in as light and efficient manner as possible.