Future of the internet - preserving freedom of access

Internet providers around the globe are reported to be secretly in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium.

Multinationals who already use big budgets to force their content into other media outlets want to approach the internet in the same way to gain monopoly and control.

This would mean that smaller websites and services would gradually disappear and be forced out of existence.

It would also mean the end to free access of the internet - and all its information -as subscribers would have to pay for "packages" limited to a specific number of sites, with further subscriptions required for more sites. The plan is to put this in place some time in 2012.

This is currently going on behind the scenes because those in charge don't want it to come to the attention of the general public and have people speaking out against it.

The more awareness there is, the more difficult it will be for internet providers to make this switch.

We need to be vigilant about any potential threat to freedom of acces to the internet. The first step is to use the power of the net to spread the word and raise awareness.