Aplus.Net, an Internet solutions provider, today announced that it's 'net neutrality' provisions to current U.S. legislation regulating telecommunications.

These net neutrality guidelines would apply 'common carrier rules' to Internet service providers, requiring that all Internet traffic be managed on equal terms and ensuring that all web content remains equally accessible to all users. If current legislation reconfiguring the Internet is passed without net neutrality provisions, ISPs will have the ability to give priority or preference to certain websites, claims the company.

"Aplus.Net has taken this position to defend small business interests on the Internet," says Theo Ivanov, Marketing Director for Aplus.Net. "We don't believe ISPs should be able to play favorites with the content they carry. Likewise, consumers shouldn't have certain content forced on them, while other content is withheld. It creates an unfair playing field, and that's bad economic policy. Some who oppose net neutrality argue that it is unwelcome government regulation. We believe that this is one situation where regulation is not only desirable - it is necessary."