Net Neutrality on the Web: The Links

Net neutrality is a topic close to the minds and hearts of many Internet users, and it shows. The Web is filled with sites dedicated to net neutrality. Most sites include a pro-net neutrality stance, with a smaller number of notable sites in opposition. iMPrint has collected a few of the most interesting links about net neutrality on the Web and put them here for your convenience.

Save The Internet is, hands down, the most authoritative pro-net neutrality site on the Web. The site is updated daily with the latest news and headlines, and includes an in-depth explanation of the concept that even the most technophobic of Internet users would understand. For those interested in joining the movement to protect net neutrality, Save The Internet is the place to start- the site offers links on how to get involved right on its homepage.

Save the Internet's digital nemesis is Hands Off The Internet, an anti-net neutrality site with attitude. If you want to examine the best and most persuasive arguments for or against net neutrality out there, you should check this site out in conjunction with SIT. Reader beware: non-profit group Common Cause maintains the big bad telcos have their hands all over Hands Off. Check out this report, and decide for yourself.

For better or worse, Wikipedia is one of the Web's premier sources of information, and the topic of net neutrality is no exception. The net neutrality page on Wikipedia is indeed informative, although it is a little dry. If you do find yourself looking to the wiki-heads for your net neutrality info, be sure to check out the "Net neutrality in the US" page as well, because it includes information on US law and net neutrality that the regular Wikipedia net neutrality page is missing.

Speaking of digital kings of the mountain, look at what the gods over at Google have to say here. It's a very short and simple reading of the topic, but is relevant- very much so, in fact- because of the strong and steady voice Google has lent to the net neutrality movement.

What's a site list without a few YouTube clips thrown in for good measure? This is one person's animated criticism of net neutrality. This is Senator Byron Dorgan discussing the bill he's sponsoring this year that would legally protect net neutrality. And this is a ninja talking about net neutrality. You know it's important when insects, a United States senator, and ninjas are all getting hot and bothered about the same topic.

Finally, here's a very interesting take on the net neutrality debate you probably haven't heard before- and may not want to. The bulk of this 2006 Slate article by Adam Penenberg can be seen as a very basic breakdown of the bandwidth dilemma behind net neutrality, but it's the suggestion in the last paragraph that might knock your socks off. It would be interesting to see the pro- and anti-net neutrality groups' reaction to Penenberg's article.