Stop The ISPs From Limiting Your Surfing

Today Congressman Eric Massa from Corning, NY introduced the Internet Fairness Act (H.R. 2902) that would limit Internet Service Providers (ISP) from charging excessive rates after a customer's Internet usage exceed a predetermined cap. The bill was prompted by Massa's constituents complaining that Time Warner Cable in Rochester would start charge them in addition to their regular monthly service fee, after they downloaded a certain amount of data. In effect, the bill gives the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) more power to regulate ISPs if they feel the company's policy would limit competition or take advantage of an unfair market position.

In our neck-of-the-woods (western New York), we have Verizon FIOS, Roadrunner, DSL and a few other products and small players too. The business world is becoming more and more dependent upon the Internet to survive. If we limit what people can do on the Internet by capping how much they download, we will in effect be limiting the economy. Businesses need more freedom to grow. We don’t need limitations inflicted by the major communication companies.