Cerf. "Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success. "(Prepared Statement of Vinton G. Cerf...) While the cable and telephone companies do present some cogent practical and legal points, yet their rationale cannot measure up to the serious issues of democratic freedom and free access to information and content that a neutral network ensures. While there is no perfect solution to this problem probably a middle ground could be worked out where the companies receive some control but do not infringe on the essential rights of freedom of expression and information.

Works Cited

Internet: Freedom or Privilege? March 3, 2007. http://isen.com/blog/2006/01/internet-freedom-or-privilege.html

Mark R. Breaking Down the Network Neutrality Debate. 2007. March 3, 2007. http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3657341

Moore a. Neutral Networks Are the Devil's Allies

Broadband consumers have options and can vote with their pocketbooks. March 3, 2007. http://www.reason.com/news/show/32950.html

Prepared Statement of...

Cerf Vice President and Chief Internet
Evangelist Google Inc. U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Hearing on "Network Neutrality" February 7, 2006. March 3, 2007. http://commerce.senate.gov/pdf/cerf-020706.pdf

Staking a Claim for "Neutral Networks." March 3, 2007. http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:sJpSej1wDOkJ:www.mediaaccess.org/programs/broadband/chesterltr090302.pdf+neutral+networks+and+internet&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=za

Stern C. The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet. March 3, 2007. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR2006012100094.html

Stross R. Hey, Baby Bells: Information Still Wants to Be Free. 2006. March 3, 2007. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D17F83C5B0C768DDDA80894DE404482

What Is Net Neutrality? March 3, 2007. http://www.freepress.net/deadend/=neutrality

Why the net should stay neutral. March 3, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700430.stm

Wu T. Why You Should Care About Network Neutrality. The future of the Internet depends on it! March 3, 2007. http://www.slate.com/id/2140850/