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Broadband For America Poll: Americans Don't Want Net Neutrality

By james_fudge

In a non-shocker, a poll commissioned by interest group Broadband For America reveals that 75 percent of Americans believe that competition, and not regulation, is what's best for the Internet. In other words, the sample group believes we do not need net neutrality. Hart Research Associates conducted the national survey. The survey asked 800 likely voters "their thoughts on how the Internet was presently working and what they thought the government's role should be with regards to Internet oversight and regulation."

According to the survey 75 percent of respondents, "agreed" that the Internet is currently "working well" and over 55 percent said that the federal government should not regulate the Internet at all.

When asked if the government should regulate the Internet, 57 percent responded "no," while 31 percent said that the federal government should regulate the Internet, and two-thirds said regulations should be about privacy, online safety and protecting children.

Of course, one has to wonder exactly how these questions were posed to those 800 respondents. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 25, 2010 (boomark / email).