Internet For Everyone J. Strika

A thesis statement of Jim Harpers essay, Web Users Get as Much as They Give, is Although the World Wide Web uses consumer data to function, some can argue that without that data, the internet would not be as useful as it is today.

Income inequality is the unspoken truth of American life. Millions of Americans live in poverty while the minority holds the majority of the wealth. This problem has become more severe in recent years, with the wealth gap increasing exponentially. While innovation drives economics in the free market, recent innovations have caused the wealth gap to become skewed. Broadband Internet is one particular innovation that has spurred economic growth but has hurt the lower class. Broadband Internet can be defined as “768 Kbps download and 200 Kbps upload” (Dunbar). Although there are many varying classification of broadband Internet, this definition will be utilized for the purposes of this paper. The non-adoption of broadband Internet by those living

An increase in Internet maturity, correlates with an increase in real per capita GDP on average of $500. Looking back to the Industrial Revolution, it’s growth took 50 years to achieve these same results. This demonstrates both the magnitude and impact the internet delivers to all levels of society. In the French Economy, the internet had reported to have destroyed 500,000 jobs over the past 15 years, but has also over those same amounts of years has created 1.2 million new ones. For every job the internet has taken away, it’s created twice the amount. It’s safe to the internet has been able to increase the worlds GDP bringing great growth to the

Many years ago you wouldn't have ever thought we’d be here deciding whether the internet should be paid for depending on the different sites you went to. But as we know technology has grown bigger and bigger over time. So some people think that we should have to pay. Also speaking there are some people who think differently.

Imagine not having the option to depend on the internet. According to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), “the internet became an ever-increasing part of the American economy, offering new and innovative changes in how we work, learn, and play, receive health care, create and enjoy entertainment, and communicate with one another” (Restoring Internet Freedom). The American people depend on the internet and its integration into our everyday lives. Businesses, because of internet dependency are employing and marketing products globally, hospitals are finding and sharing new innovations; helping patients live longer, and people are now connected with family, and friends around the world. The internet and its various rationales for dependency

ISPs can intentionally slow the internet for users who pay less and faster internet for users paying more, creating a separation of class of services. Looking at deontological theory, the proper thing to do is for everyone to pay their dues for their service, and the group of people who are able to afford it will be able to pay for the faster internet line and get better access. (Krien, 2006)In short, deontologist would believe that if people want to use it, they would have to pay for it. Nothing in this world is free. Even if the author wants it to be free, they might not have total control of it.

The biggest misconception about the internet is that it is free. The truth is the services the internet provides isn’t free at all; you pay for them with your very identity. Take Facebook for example. Every time you log onto Facebook, they monitor everything you do. The pages you like, the people you interact with, even the word you use in your status updates. Facebook then takes that information, analyzes it, and assembles a detailed profile of who you are. They know your habits, your preferences, your personality; they’re so good, they can even determine your risk tolerance and sexual orientation. This plethora of information is then sold to advertisers for profit.

The internet has always been a source of opulence. During the 1700’s, many people successfully lived their lives to the fullest without internet. In many cases, our society seems to cling to mother internet. Shockingly to some, the lack of internet has no true effect on poor citizens. Julianne Malveaux’s quote is presented as an oxymoron that causes citizens to look as if they depend on the internet, which in turn isn’t healthy to over use anyway.

The internet operates under what is called the “end-to-end principle.” This is where “features are implemented as close to the end points of the network as possible.”4 It is often described as a “dumb network.” Much like how a water system provides the same amount to all users through pipes regardless of what its used for, only the end user decides and controls how a “dumb network” is utilized. Some claim that this is a major reason that the internet was so successful. However, it is also pointed out that internet is already not “a level playing field,” because of the advantages of bigger companies who can afford more robust servers and high-bandwidth services.1

As Freedom House notes in it’s discourse on “Obstacles to Access” when examining the status of American Internet, “access, cost, and usability remain barriers… particular [for] senior citizens, people… in rural areas, and low-income households” (Freedom House). Therefore, not only is cost a barrier to even having Internet access, and thus the “empowerment” that entails, but both the Internet speed and availability, both hallmark disadvantageous of living far away from central cities, severely damper this ability to empower. In fact, I would say this dampens all three facets of Internet empowerment. However, as Freedom House concurrently notes 80% of American households subscribe to a broadband connection. Thus, I would not say that the Internet is only empowering an elite group just based on resources, but it is definitely exclusionary to people with lesser monetary and location-ary means.

Advocates argue that network neutrality keeps barriers to entry for new websites and internet applications low. Thus it has allowed entrepreneurs the freedom to create dozens of innovative online services such as Google, Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, Skype and many more. Furthermore, supporters worry that without net neutrality the internet would become less hospitable to new companies and innovative ideas. For example, if internet service providers required video – streaming sites to pay extra to deliver video content to their customers the expense and hassle of negotiating deals with dozens of network owners could deter the next YouTube to get traction. Finally, incumbent broadband providers could deliberately hobble new services that represent a competitive threat to incumbent services. Cable companies might want to sow down services like Netflix that compete with their traditional paid service whereas telephone companies might be tempted to interfere with internet telephony products such as Skype that compete with traditional phone

According to the video by Aleph Molinari, the Internet should be a right, not a luxury. There is a huge gap between the people who has access to an internet connection and people who don´t. Only 30% of the world population has access to a computer and they are mostly located in the United States and Europe. The Internet not only connects people from all over the world but also empowers them and they have more social participation. Individuals, who are technologically excluded, will not compete in the job market of the future because they are not informed. To give a computer to a poor child is not the answer because, in addition, it brings other expenses such as internet service, electricity, software, updates and maintenance, plus it doesn´t

The technology revolution is already upon us. In today’s world we are able to communicate over thousands of miles within seconds, whereas only 100 years ago it would take months. This is all due to computer technology and the creation of the internet. The internet connects billions of users worldwide and is an essential part of how we work, play, communicate, educate, conduct commerce, and much much more. We literally use the internet to do most of our daily tasks and we are now able to do more things that used to seem unimaginable. This of course, comes with the good and the bad.

For one, it costs to access the internet, and also to run it. It is not a place that we can go to just by walking with a bit of effort. We have to pay for WiFi, Ethernet, or other items from the long list of products. While there are libraries and other locations to temporarily access it, it still costs

Additionally, the Internet has benefited the world by connecting users to billions of pieces of information from universities, libraries and databases around the world. No matter where you are in the world as long as you have internet access you can learn anything you need to know about a topic in a matter of minutes. My work on this argument is an example of how the internet is beneficial to all who use it. Without access to the internet, this would have been much more labor intensive. It would have required many evenings away from home spent in a library doing research. Instead, I was able to do all of my research from work and home, which allowed for less time away from my son.