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There has been some hustle about Google’s stand for net neutrality and Richard Whitt. Senior Policy Director for Google has announced that more active steps will be taken to step up the idea of providing consumers with tools that let them know whether their broadband connections are being compromised with by their ISPs.

He added that;

“We’re developing tools that let people detect what’s happening with their broadband connections so they may inform their ISPs that they aren’t happy with what they are getting.”

With no clue as to when the service/software would be made available the company has been advocating the concept for a pretty long time now. However it has been reported that a bill is to be passed over the next few days in the House of Representatives that is bound to alter the Internet.

The Internet being a universal place; with no hold up to information, it is however caged in by the monopolies of the operators who exercise complete authority over what and when a user can access the Internet. As Google Chief Internet Evangelist and Co-Developer of the Internet Protocol, Vint Cerf mentions;

“Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success…A number of justifications have been created to support carrier control over consumer choices online; none stand up to scrutiny.”

Whatever steps are taken up, the freedom that the Internet boasts about is threatened by such acts. It is for the users to use but taking it up by the chains and prioritising what the authority desires and blocking what it doesn’t want to be accessed by a group etc threatens the very idea. You never know what you are going to get or if its even going to be close to what you want if such a thing is to be imposed upon the Free Internet.

For more on Net Neutrality bill read Daniel A. Begun