Have you ever wondered why we can't curse on TV or on the radio? And if he/she does that, that person gets fined an exorbitant amount of money. But who's giving the fine? Who is saying it is illegal? The answer is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They “regulate interstate and International Communications by radio, television, water, satellite, and cable in all 50 states.” In other words, they monitor communications through regulations. These FCC regulations has the force of law. Everyone must follow these regulations; citizens and corporations.
Even during the eighteenth Century the United States Communications was being regulated. But what was being regulated if the telephone, television, and internet had not been invented yet?
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But what exactly is Net neutrality? Net neutrality means cable companies such as Time Warner Cable and Verizon cannot charge more for faster internet speeds. Which means everybody who uses the internet will have the same speed. Hence the word neutrality. Verizon communication sued the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) saying that they do not have jurisdiction over that subject and limiting speeds is a violation of the First Amendment. "The FCC says Net neutrality rules are designed to preserve the internet as an open platform enabling consumer Choice, freedom of expression, and end-user control, competition, and the freedom to innovate without permission." This case went to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit. The courts ruled in favor of a Verizon. The reasoning for the decision is that “FCC has no authority to apply common-carrier obligation like non-discrimination and no-blocking rules to broadband providers.” I agree with this decision. The reason is that the internet should not be like electricity. If you plug your phone into the wall to charge. It's going to have the same amount of current as someone else charging their phone. But what happens if I want to charge my phone faster? I can’t because electricity is neutral. But when I go on the internet and I see it is slow. What happens if I want to make it faster? With Net neutrality I could not make it faster. I want the option to make my internet faster. And what happens to large corporations where internet speed is essential to stay in business? The fact of the matter is that the FCC does not have jurisdiction over this matter. Net neutrality should never be passed. It will only hurt the consumer. In addition, the FCC approved of a $9.25 monthly charge to help low-income families connect to the internet. Three out of the five Commissioners voted for the subsidy plan. This approval is one part of the reform of the fund
The Federal Communication Commission or FCC (1934) regulates interstate and international communications by telephones, televisions, cable televisions, radios, telegraph, CB radios, and satellite in over 50 states. The FCC is directed by five commissioners who are appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S Senate.(3)
What is net neutrality you may ask? Well net neutrality or open internet is legal content and/or applications that internet service providers give you on an equal basis. They cannot have any favorite websites and block others.In my opinion in favor net neutrality. It makes sure every web site is treated equally. This goes for all video,audio,etc. in my future I want to be a entrepreneur and net neutrality helps people get access to broadband networks without any problems! Big companies like Apple, Microsoft, google (and more) also go for net neutrality. As well as those companies there are some that are against net neutrality. Companies such as AT&T, comcast, cox, and verizon are against net neutrality. They said “The rules are too heavy-handed and could stifle investment and innovation.” Again in my opinion i think net neutrality is a great thing because i think everyone should be treated equally and should have the same chance and votes should have a fair play and have no cheating. Of course pirating is extremely illegal and should be corrected, many web sites are being copyrighted and stealing people's identities and these innosite people are getting banked ruped and losing there jobs for using these websites. Net neutrality is basically the human rights but on computers people need and deserve them.For the people that are against net neutrality, a new FCC chairman, ajit pai,worked as a lawyer for verizon and plans to get rid of net neutrality which would be a big win for
Net Neutrality is allowing users to free and open access of internet irrespective of sources or internet providers demanding special charges in order to use services provided by them. Now a days Internet is one of the essential part for everyday communication in life. Several services were used in our day to day life for example GPS tracking, google, Wikipedia, Netflix etc., and we can’t imagine a day without the internet. Internet Service providers combining with corporations were utilizing this and trying to make profit out of this by imposing more charges on the user in order to utilize the services needed for him with more speed and flexibility. There are several discussions and debates supporting and opposing net neutrality.
Paul Anderson Mrs. Decker English IV 4 March 2018 Net Neutrality Internet is a new and constantly changing environment. In such a growing place, there needs to be regulations.
The Federal Communication Commission often is under scrutiny for allegedly infringing on people’s rights to freedom of speech because of their penalties they have for certain things that are said on TV or on the radio. For instance, in 2012, the FCC was taken to the Supreme Court by Fox Television Stations, Inc. because of a fine that was given to Fox for allowing explicits on a live broadcast of the 2002 Billboard Music Awards. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Fox because they believed that these fines were unconstitutional. While these does seem like a very clear violation of the first amendment of the Bill of Rights. There needs to be institutions in place that have the power to regulate things like the what is on TV or the radio because while every should have the freedom to say what they are thinking, there needs to be a line and some to judge whether something has crossed that line. This is a very unpopular decision but in a hypothetical situation where something is said that can hurt someone or a group of people we would want
The FCC administers all broadcasting and imposes the requirements for wire and wireless communications through its rules and regulations. The archetypes for the FCC’s broadcasting regulations were formed before the Communications Act of 1934 by its predecessor the Federal Radio Commission. Unequivocal jurisdiction over broadcast was not granted to the federal government to exclusively regulate broadcast but a year prior to the establishment of the FCC the Supreme Court inferred it as explicit and prohibited the states from obstructing its authority. Title I of the 1934 Act defines many of the FCC's powers related to broadcasting. The title states that the Act “applies to all interstate and foreign communications by wire or radio.” The FCC has jurisdiction in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions such as Puerto Rico,
These pro Net Neutrality opinions, however, changed as the FCC replaced two members and ultimately voted to repeal Net Neutrality regulations. When the FCC voted to pass the 2015 Open Internet Order, they did so with a 3-2 vote supported by Tom Wheeler, the FCC’s Chairman, Jessica Rosenworcel, and Mignon Clyburn (Selykh). The opposition, Republicans Michael O’Rielly and Ajit Pai, “warned that the FCC was overstepping its authority,” and “solv[ing] a problem that doesn’t exist,” (Selykh). When The FCC later repealed Net Neutrality, Pai had replaced Wheeler as Chairman, and Brendan Carr filled the empty space left behind the wake of Pai’s transition while the other Commissioners stayed (“Leadership”). As a result, the three Republicans, Pai, O’Rielly, and Carr, outnumbered and outvoted the two
What is net neutrality? Net neutrality is when an internet service provider can block us from being able to use whatever application, web site, and products we may desire to use unless we basically pay for them, therefore limiting our access to whatever we desire.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent Federal regulatory agency authorized by Congress by the Communications Act of 1934 as the replacement to the Federal Radio Commission and is charged with regulating all non-Federal Government use of the radio spectrum including radio and television broadcasting and interstate telecommunications wire, satellite and cable as well as international communications that originate or terminate in the United States. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1934 and congress had not changed the FCC’s regulatory authority until congress passed the Telecommunication Act of 1996.
order had created a set of three primary rules for net neutrality to govern how broadband
What is Net Neutrality? Well net neutrality is a principle that individuals should have free access to internet. The user can have access to all the content and applications equally, regardless of the source, without the internet service provider (ISP)to discriminate against the specific online service or websites. As the question, has risen, is net neutrality a good thing? In my opinion, the answer is yes in modern time the internet is our freedom of speech that preserve the fact that the government shouldn’t have control or regulate any information over personal data use as it preserves undistorted consumers’ freedom of choice. One essential principles are the end-to-end principle: the links in the network, which its sole purpose of getting
Net neutrality is the principle that supports free speech on the internet and allows us our right to freely communicate online (Singel, 2017). Net neutrality restricts major internet service providers, such as AT&T and CenturyLink, from discriminating upon certain online data because of content. Without net neutrality, these internet service providers would have the power to block or decrease the speed of specific internet content (Reardon, 2015). The providers would also be capable of charging money from internet users who want to access particular websites or data within websites. Websites that receive a large amount of users on a daily basis, such as Twitter and YouTube, would be given faster data speeds than less visited websites. This would lead to large companies monopolizing internet content, which would impact the way we browse online in a negative way. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sets restrictions and regulations for broadcast, telephone and cable communications in the United States of America. The FCC is attempting to put an end to net neutrality. The vote to do so will take place on December 14, 2017. Ajit Pai, the current chairman of the FCC, is a former employee of Verizon Wireless. Verizon is one of the major internet service providers which would greatly benefit from net neutrality being abolished. Many questions have been raised concerning Pai’s past connections with Verizon, and a numerous amount of individuals believe that this is why Pai is pushing an end to net neutrality. Companies like eBay and Amazon will be required to pay more money to the major internet service providers in order to receive faster data speeds and better user efficiency. This would eventually lead to consumers having to pay more money for their performed endeavors online. The internet service providers would also have the potential to bundle websites into packages. Consumers would then have to purchase these packages in order to access specific websites. This is extremely similar to how DirecTV, Dish Network and other cable providers offer packages for television channels. Tom Wheeler is the former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. Wheeler expressed his thoughts on
Net neutrality is the basis in which all internet providers must treat data on the Internet equally and not charge differently based on what device , website, application you use, or content you decide to view. The recent vote in the U.S. to repeal net neutrality’s guidelines is unjust because it violates 1st amendment guidelines, gives the people less freedom, and gives Internet service providers many ways to meddle with data speeds and how their users use the Internet.
I do support net neutrality because I feel like the internet should be free and able to use at our own will. For those who don’t know what net neutrality is, it is the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites in other words. Although it gives the Internet Engineering Task Force and World Wide Web Consortium money to improve the internet and help out other people around the world with their internet problems I still think internet should be free and free to use.
Throughout the last decade, the idea of Net Neutrality has been the topic of many debates. Net Neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers should not be allowed to block their users from any content regardless of its source. The Debate is still continuing in 2017 with the F.C.C planning to repeal Net Neutrality and allow internet providers to completely regulate what their users can see and charge the users extra for “luxuries” such as social media, messaging, email, and music. There are two sides of this argument, one side believes that Net Neutrality should be taken away, while others believe that it is unfair for the Internet providers to have the right to take away the access to any content. Internet providers should not be allowed to control what content one can view when surfing the internet.