Internet Renaissance Man Gordon Crovitz posits in his latest Wall Street Journal column, “Will the Internet Survive its 40th?” that it’s sometimes “wiser for mortals to stand aside and leave technology to advance at its own pace. After its first 40 years delivering freedom and abundance, the Web has earned the benefit of the doubt.”
CLOUD doesn’t take positions on legislation and regulation like “net neutrality,” but it agrees about the power of technology.
The power of the Internet comes from connecting people and democratizing access to content and conversations. Unfortunately, the importance of users isn’t fully considered in pending net neutrality legislation or Federal Communications Commission regulatory proposals. Users simply aren’t seen as potential participants in the ultimate decisions of legislators or regulators.
In any event, using technology like CLOUD’s Context Markup Language (CTML) to empower individuals to find the right balance of price, speed, and capacity for themselves will ultimately make the entire net neutrality debate obsolete.
