Publication Type: Other Voices
Date: 4/17/2007
The Internet Freedom Coalition launched the Net Neutrality Scare Ticker – a novelty website that ticks off the days, hours, minutes, and seconds that have passed since Google and other parties first issued warnings the Internet would be endangered if Net Neutrality regulations were not established.
Meanwhile, there is no evidence that consumers are being prevented from accessing any lawful content on the Internet, nor are broadband providers impeding customers from subscribing to broadband applications that don’t harm the network. The best consumer protection is a vibrant marketplace in which choice for providers exists and allows subscribers to switch if they're not satisfied with the current service. The biggest risk of network neutrality legislation is that it will freeze investment and innovation in further broadband deployment and development.