Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf spoke before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. He supported the freedom of the internet users to make choices ‘unfettered by the provider of the underlying network connection’.


Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf spoke before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. He supported the freedom of the internet users to make choices ‘unfettered by the provider of the underlying network connection’.

Vinton Cerf said, “Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success. For the foreseeable future most Americans will face little choice among broadband carriers. Enshrining a rule that permits carriers to discriminate in favor of certain kinds or sources of services would place those carriers in control of online activity.

Cerf added, “Allowing broadband carriers to reserve huge amounts of bandwidth for their own services will not give consumers the broadband Internet our country and economy need. Promoting an open and accessible Internet is critical for consumers. It is also critical to our nation’s competitiveness – in places like Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, higher-bandwidth and neutral broadband platforms are unleashing waves of innovation that threaten to leave the U.S. further and further behind”.

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