Net Neutrality Of The Internet

Scott Cleland from Net Competition said that net neutrality legislations “mean less privacy for all Americans, as Net neutrality would require more government monitoring and surveillance of Internet traffic” (qtd. from “Net Neutrality”). But what is he talking about anyway? Net neutrality, or the separation between internet service providers (ISP’s) and the content being retrieved through their networks, is an extremely hot topic nowadays. The ideals of net neutrality can be compared to the way you would use electricity in your home. You do not pay your power company a “toaster fee” just so you can plug in your toaster, or a “light bulb fee” just so you can turn on your lights (Gordon; Ammori). Similarly, net neutrality states that ISP’s

Imagine getting online, only to find out that you can 't access your favorite website. It could be Instagram, Tumblr, or even Youtube, a website for uploading videos. After getting off the phone with your internet provider, they tell you that you need to pay to access your favorite website. Internet providers want it to be set up that way. Their has been an ongoing debate about net neutrality between the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and internet providers. Net neutrality is fighting again internet providers blocking content.

The internet is valuable, and it has a real cost, and most people take it for granted. If you want it, you have to pay for it. It’s not just a free substace to give away. People do not even need the internet at all. First of all, yes, the internet is valuable. But, not everyone has it, or even has a possibility to have it at all. If the Internet is valuable, we should want to show it to others who don’t have internet or can not afford it, because after all it WOULD help our economy grow, as in paragraph 2. Also, it is not fair to everyone to say that we all “take it for granted”, because if you do not even have it, you can’t take it for granted. People who have less things are more grateful, and would be extremely grateful to have internet access, and would not take it for granted whatsoever. According to the website www.internet.org, it states, “Through our connectivity efforts we’ve brought more than 25 million people online who otherwise would not be and introduced them to the incredible value of the internet. They’re doing better in school, building new businesses, and learning how to stay healthy.” Also, from the website www.forbes.com states, “Right now, 72% of public schools do not have fast enough connections to take full advantage of digital learning, according to EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit that tests school broadband speeds and works to upgrade Internet access. The Obama

"Most people in America use the internet, and when they use it they should expect to be free to search and post what they want; that is except unless they're intentionally posting or viewing something that is against the law. It's been a theory for some time that the government can view the American peoples' internet searches and browsing history, but are they and should they be doing it at all? Like in the earlier stages of our country, we will and most likely continue to have conflict with our government about certain issues, but the internet and things concerning it seems to be one of the major issues right now.

"The government has no right monitor our internet use and social media accounts. Net neutrality is “The principle that the internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites” . If Net neutrality is repealed ten internet providers will be able to limit our access to things. Net neutrality lets people express their voices online . Sources that we once had for free would have to be paid for like Youtube, instagram and many more.

Throughout the span of 2008-2010, another net neutrality bill was introduced in congress regarding Comcast blocking files but, Comcast sued the FCC saying that the FCC has no authority over their internet service. . The FCC attempted to apply a cease and desist order against Comcast but eventually they canceled it. The outcome of this dispute created an Open Internet Order by Democrat Julius Genachowski (Reardon, 2015). This is very significant because this is what made the net neutrality rules official in the FCC regulation. This order explains that people can access content to the Internet without experiencing blocking or slowing down. In addition, broadband providers have to be clear about their management networks and practices.

Net-neutrality became a big topic of debate in the United States last year. Net-neutrality is the idea that internet service providers (ISP’s) should be giving access to all web traffic equally, without blocking access or favouring certain websites. In the first quarter of 2014, the FCC began to propose rules that would allow ISP’s to have control over their consumers access, basically going against net-neutrality. After being ruled out, ISP’s pleaded for the court to reappeal the case, which ended up ruling in favour of the rules by the FCC. This issue is interesting to look at for the ways in which the media reports it, because the majority of people are for equally accessed web traffic, but the media needs

Although many people say that “net neutrality has had no effect on the expansion of the internet”. In 2017 The Federal Communications Commission announced "For instance, several companies, including AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, and Alaska Communications either commenced or announced new deployments in 2017," the report concludes. "These new deployments are initial indicators that deployment is likely to accelerate again in part due to our recent efforts”. This tells us that companies are starting to accelerate the growth of their broadband networks to rural places in the United States. This is necessary due to people who have access to the internet have a higher achievement rate than people who did not. The Pew Research Center reported, “Roughly one-in-three adults with less than a high school education did not have access to the internet as a kid”. This is an astonishing statistic and net neutrality is stopping these companies from expanding so it is leaving some people in the dust with their education. Secondly, net neutrality slows investment by giving the companies no reason to invest in internet expansion because they cannot bring back the money that they put into the expansion. In 2017 wired.com did a report on internet expansion in rural areas and the report said: “investment in internet infrastructure declined 3 percent in 2015 and another 2 percent in

First, many people don’t understand the concept of what net neutrality is or why it is important to users. Anne Flaherty, a reporter at the Associated Press, stated in “Study reveals how much people understand Internet”, that “But young or old, only about 6 in 10 Internet users understood that ‘net neutrality’ refers to the equal treatment of digital content by service providers.” This causes an issue, how is one supposed to fix a problem when only about half of the people in the US understand what the issue at hand is. Especially when the first step of problem solving is to fully understand the problem at hand. Also, many people on a societal level really do not understand how the Internet even functions. Flaherty later states that, “Another area where age didn't seem to matter was the false assumption that the existence of a privacy policy means that a company keeps the data it collects on consumers confidential. More than half—52 percent—of Internet users thought that was the case, whereas privacy policies often explain that a company reserves the right to sell a person's information to advertisers or other third parties…Three-fourths of people surveyed thought the "Internet" was the same thing as the ‘World Wide Web.’” People on the societal level do not understand what the Internet is or how it is structured. If people on that level do not know, how is one to expect that people

"Net neutrality is an issue that's been on the agenda in the U.S. for years but it actually affects people all over the world. The net neutrality is a set of rules that prohibits companies, organizations, corporations, from playing favorites or regulating the sites that how much traffic and fast traffic can flow to. Every site on internet is equal and no one can restrict access or slow down access to any particular site or service and puts everything on the internet on an equal playing field that everyone has access to the same internet speed, every site has access to the same users, we really can't restrict access to anything and when we say that they repeal net neutrality, it is essentially means that they are making it right for companies to say like well on the service that i'm going to block your access to this site or i am going to slow down the speed at which you can access a particular site or a particular service and you could

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

"Growing up, the internet wasn't much of an influence on me as it is now. Homework was done all in paper, every video assignment was done in class, and to call or play with friends, well that was done during recess face to face. Today the internet is the safe haven for millions as a way to find new people, spend free time, complete assignments, or just shop. But thanks to the vote done by the FCC chairman Ajit Pai, everybody will be expected to pay for what were already used to do.

With the internet growing larger and larger each day, it has been a place where communication and the transfer of information happens within seconds. The internet is a place where the freedom of speech is shown and show the creativity of people. Net neutrality has caught the interest in many people in the United States. With this hot topic debate, President Barack Obama 's position on the subject is wanting a “free and open” internet for fair access to any website (Net Neutrality: A Free and Open Internet, 2015). In the United States, we should maintain a state of net neutrality because it provides an equal opportunity for companies to compete, prevents restrictions on websites, and showcases our fundamental rights to the world.

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) should allow all consumers access to content and applications on an equal basis, without showing favor to a source or blocking certain content, applications and even websites. This concept is sometimes referred to as “open internet”. For example, an ISP should be prohibited from slowing down streaming content such as Netflix to your TV, simply because it is being provided by a competing company.

Over 280 million people could have something really unique changed from their lives and not even be aware of it (United States Internet Users, n.d.). Internet users in the United States are faced with a problem that could change the Internet as they know it. As Eric Schmidt (2006) CEO of Google puts it “Creativity, innovation and a free and open marketplace are all at stake in this fight." This is because Net neutrality is at risk from Internet service providers who want the ability to charge for what they call a “fast lane” on the Internet and the FCC is making it possible for this to happen. Net neutrality is the principle which states that no bit of information should be prioritized over another and that Internet service providers, or ISPs, are to be completely detached from what information is