Frequently Asked Questions
What is this about?
What is Network Neutrality?
Who wants to get rid of Net
Neutrality?
Is Net Neutrality a new
regulation?
Isn't the threat to net
neutrality just
hypothetical?
Isn't this just a battle
between giant corporations?
What else are the phone and
cable companies not telling
the truth about?
What's at stake if we lose
Net Neutrality?
What's happening in
Congress?
Who's part of the
SavetheInternet.com
Coalition?
Who else supports Net
Neutrality?
What can I do to help?
When we log onto the Internet, we take a lot for granted. We assume we'll be able to access any Web site we want, whenever we want, at the fastest speed, whether it's a corporate or mom-and-pop site. We assume that we can use any service we like -- watching online video, listening to podcasts, sending instant messages -- anytime we choose.
What makes all these assumptions possible is Network Neutrality.
Network Neutrality -- or "Net Neutrality" for short -- is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.
Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
Net Neutrality is the reason why the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online. It protects the consumer's right to use any equipment, content, application or service on a non-discriminatory basis without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, the network's only job is to move data -- not choose which data to privilege with higher quality service.
Learn
more in
Net Neutrality 101.
