Net Neutrality Overview
Issues for Debate
During the debate on telecommunications reform in the 109th Congress, a major point of contention was the question of whether action is needed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet. The move to place restrictions on the owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet, to ensure equal access and nondiscriminatory treatment, is referred to as "net neutrality." There is no single accepted definition of "net neutrality"; however, most agree that any such definition should include the general principles that owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how…
