For instance, do you need to look up some information for a school term paper? Just use a search engine such as Google. Do you want to buy a Wii game and have it shipped to your house? You can easily find a Wii game online and possibly even free shipping to your house. Maybe you want a unique necklace made by an artist. Google in the type of jewelry you are looking for and click away on links. All of this simplicity may end by the year 2012.
By 2012, you will not even stumble across that beloved piece of unique jewelry from the small website. Right at this moment, large Internet companies are in discussion of changing the way we all use the Internet.

“I Power” activists use the analogy, “Think of how your TV works.” You can choose the basic package or you can pay more and get Showtime and/or other movie channels.

This is exactly how the future Internet would work. For a certain price you will get the large corporations such as Google, eBay, etc. websites. Although if you want to have access to smaller websites that will cost you more. The mainstream people will only pay for the large and popular companies which will sadly stop small websites. Small businesses and people trying to earn a little extra income will fail. In this economy, people need this extra money for daily living needs.

We cannot let the “bully corporations” take over the small websites. Guess what else the “bully corporations” want? Higher speed. Higher speed means you will find the links to their sites first. As computer users we want freedom of choice and not broadband companies making the choice for us.

Computer users need to write, phone or e-mail your congressmen to pass a bill to keep network neutrality. (Skip signing an e-mail chain letter.) Keep your Internet rights for better technology tomorrow.