The Pros And Cons Of The Internet

I am Aric See and I am a senior in the Weidner School of Inquiry at Plymouth High School in Plymouth Indiana. Net Neutrality is a very important issue facing the United States, with many Republican members of Congress opposing the FCC’s Open Internet Order and the reclassifying of broadband to Telecommunication Services from Information Services. The members of the GOP who are completely against the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) reclassification, and attempts to keep the internet free, give many reasons that are simply not true, such as the FCC’s regulations will destroy the free nature of the internet. Because of the attempts by Congressmen with the GOP to fight the regulations, many Americans, especially small business owners that use the web as a base, feel that their equality and freedoms on the internet will be

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

Net neutrality is becoming a rising topic that could take the large community of internet users by storm. Net neutrality according to Dictionary.com is: "The principle that basic Internet protocols should be non-discriminatory." This definition by itself is very bland and leaves out many important details. I agree whole-heartedly with this idea of a truly open internet. Nobody questioned the free internet until on January 14th, 2014, a federal court of appeals opposed the Federal Communications Commission or F.C.C's "Open Internet Order." This allowed for large internet companies, such as AT&T or Comcast to discriminate against content displayed on the internet. This change could end up costing users a lot more out of their

Tim Berners-Lee said “Freedom of connection with any application to any party is the fundamental social basis of the internet. And now, is the basis of the society built on the internet.” Net Neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers shouldn’t block or deny access to certain websites or content but should allow access to all content by everyone. The major controversy with net neutrality is that FCC is putting regulations on internet service providers. The FCC is proposing to protect net neutrality by enforcing new rules on internet service providers under Title II of the communications act. The FCC would be given the power to prevent these providers from banning any legal service or website. To outlaw fees for faster service, to ban the impairing or degrading of internet traffic. Those who support net neutrality are major tech companies including Google, Facebook, Netflix, Mozilla, Etsy and Reddit. They argue that without strong regulation, cable companies could “pick the winners” online, providing better service for their own

Network Neutrality is a controversial topic that speaks about free, and open internet. Net Neutrality enables access and transparency of internet offerings and free access to services to applications, and content. Some I.S.P. companies and internet sites want to gain profit for the information they release. However, the other side of the issue focuses on title one and two of the communications act of 1994, this prohibits I.S.P. companies from showing certain websites and not at an equal speed, while having to pay for the access to information(Net Neutrality). This whole issue started in 1996, when The Telecommunications Act of 1996 inverted the original Telecommunications Act, this new act allowed for anyone to enter the communications business

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

The Federal Communications Commission controls net neutrality. An example of net neutrality is, under the FCC’s net neutrality regulations, a wireless broadband provider may not prioritize video chat applications which can suffer greatly from network suggestion, over other applications. There are new rules for net neutrality. The new rules are that government can control more of the internet. Big internet providers don't like net neutrality. Big internet providers feel like charge you for what you look up online. I think that charging people for internet is not the way to go. The federal government should be able to control what you look up, so that

Before this assignment I had no idea what net neutrality was, I’m embarrassed to write that confession. “Net Neutrality is the assurance that access to the Web and its content will not be blocked, slowed down, or sped up depending on where that access is based or who owns the access point(s)” (Boswell). This to me means that the FCC (Federal Communications Commissions) want the internet to be open to all traffic, or online customers. They don’t want companies to be able to block or charge premium rates for the use of service. This allows all data to be equal and everyone is on the same “fast lane” of the road, sort of speck.

In just the past few decades, the internet has grown from a new technology, into a staple resource for billions. When anything grows from a service to a necessity, important decisions have to be made about regulating and limiting the control any given party has over them or risk abuse of power. When it comes to the internet, net neutrality is at the forefront of these regulations. Net neutrality, is the idea that access to the internet should be unrestricted and free; According to Emily Hong and Sarah Morris “In the simplest of terms: the FCC rules [on net neutrality] mean no fast and slow lanes on the internet, no blocking of content, and no provider throttling your streaming

The concept of network neutrality (more commonly referred to as net neutrality) has been a fixture of debates over United States telecommunications policy throughout the first decade of the twenty-first century. Based upon the principle that internet access should not be altered or restricted by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) one chooses to use, it has come to represent the hopes of those who believe that the internet still has the potential to radically transform the way in which we interact with both people and information, in the face of the commercial interests of ISPs, who argue that in order to sustain a competitive marketplace for internet provision, they must be allowed to differentiate their services. Whilst this debate has

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.

The debate of Net Neutrality is much about keeping the Internet where it is now or how much to allow ISPs, specifically broadband providers, to manage their specific networks. However, this debate is more political than technical, therefore the issue is the Internet has grown so large and to the point that the government is now involved in setting regulations. ISPs, such as, Verizon, Comcast and others have very little interest in just installing the cable into homes, however, the interest is in what data you consume, and from whom and how much, merely there is a lot of money at stake.

In the United States the Internet is the first place that everyone goes to when they want to get information. The Internet provides everything that anyone could possibly want and on the Internet everyone is considered as equals. That can quickly all go away. The only way to keep the Internet the way it is, is to preserve Internet neutrality. Internet neutrality, also known as network neutrality, is “defined broadly, is non- discriminatory interconnectedness among data communication networks that allows users to access the content and to run the services, applications, and devices of their choice" (Meinrath, Pickard 1). This means that the Internet is not restricted and the government or Internet service providers have no rule over how the Internet is run or what people can and can’t access over the Internet. Internet neutrality allows for “a neutral or open Internet, [...] where all websites [..] load at the same (relative) speed, and each user, after paying their ISP a flat fee, receives an all access pass to digital

Network Neutrality, also known as Net Neutrality, is defined as “the principle that Internet providers (‘broadband providers’) should allow access to all content and applications equally, irrespective of what the source of the content is” (Cano, 2016, p. 1). Net Neutrality works to keep an open Internet, which is characterized by three things. The first characteristic is there are no gatekeepers. This means no one can stop someone else from making something. The second characteristic is “the technology supporting the flow of traffic would be indifferent to the ‘substance, functionality, and content of that traffic’” (Cano, 2016, p. 21). The final characteristic of an open Internet is the network is available to anyone and anyone can contribute to the infrastructure. Net Neutrality cannot be discussed without also mentioning the three terms which describe all parties involved in the Internet: edge providers, end users, and broadband providers. An edge provider is defined as “a person or organization that provides or creates ‘content, services, and applications over the Internet’; this includes providers

Net neutrality is simply a way of saying that the internet is open and accessible to anyone. You’re able to go wherever you want on the internet, you’re able to do whatever you want on the internet, you’re able to have some kind of semblance on the internet without all the companies trying to track your every movement, but those are because of the net neutrality we have right now. The owners of net neutrality what they want is to make the internet a more profitable place and that sounds bad at its face, but also if you allow something like that to happen, then you put in the framework for information to be controlled and when you do that you control what people see in their devices. This ruin a lot of opportunities that people have on what they want to do on the internet and allows for the free spread of information wherever it wants to go you lock down opportunities and ability for people to thrive both for themselves and for our future generation. But when you set up a system that allows corners to be cut and allows businesses to profit over people that’s when society starts to degrade and that’s when innovation becomes stifled. Because it’s not profitable for everyone to make leaps and bounds as of today people had been upset over that net neutrality shouldn’t be paywalls that control what you can see based on how much money you make. There shouldn’t be any walls in general that control the information that you see, and, there shouldn’t be watching every move on the