I read a lot of technology focused blogs and news sources. Recently, there has been some disturbing news coming to light about what the big telecommunications giants (Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, etc.) have in mind for the future.

Jeff Chester, in this thenation.com article, writes, "Under the plans they are considering, all of us—from content
providers to individual users—would pay more to surf online, stream
videos or even send e-mail. Industry planners are mulling new
subscription plans that would further limit the online experience,
establishing “platinum,” “gold” and “silver” levels of Internet access
that would set limits on the number of downloads, media streams or even
e-mail messages that could be sent or received."

Even if you aren’t technical, you owe it to yourself to read these articles and find out what these large corporations are planning as I write this.

Articles:

The End of the Internet?
The History of Neutrality
Whither the Fiber-Optic Future?
Fat Pipe, Always On, Get Out of the Way

Update: You can read Google’s Vint Cerf address to the committee hearing on Net Neutrality in this PDF.