The FCC, with Ajit Pai as the current chairman, is trying to repeal the Title II net neutrality regulations. “At the May 18, 2017 Open Commission Meeting, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to restore the Internet to a light-touch regulatory framework by classifying broadband Internet access service as an information service and by seeking comment on the existing rules governing Internet service providers' practices” (FCC Initiatives). Broadband providers are currently classified as common carriers under Title II regulations. A Title I classification classified providers as information services, which allowed information service providers to get away with doing some scummy things. For example, even while classified
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Many of the service provider have different products and services, such as their own video streaming applications. Telecom critics fear that booting net neutrality will create a “two-tiered” Internet wherein wealthy companies pay for content to be delivered at high speeds, while content from startups or small web publishers languishes in the slow lane (Nordrum). This will lead to the possibility of startups failing much more easily than if net neutrality was still in place. If someone wanted to start a new ISP to compete against the already monopolistic ISP market, other big ISP’s could just work on preventing them from getting big by doing things such as blocking their advertisement or making it difficult to access the new ISP’s website. Even a big company like Amazon could decide to be an ISP one day, and make their services the only content that goes into the fast lane, and reduce competition from other ISP’s. The end of net neutrality can completely change the internet of things. Many service providers have their own streaming/cable services and technologies. Comcast for example is working on their own smart home platform (Finley). With the undoing of title II, Comcast could prevent or slow down access from competitors’ smart home appliances. “If your internet provider can decide which personal assistant or smart home gadgets you can or can't use, the broadband can dictate the winners and losers in the Internet of Things race” (Finley). This can definitely slow down development of new
Many of the service provider have different products and services, such as their own video streaming applications. Telecom critics fear that booting net neutrality will create a “two-tiered” Internet wherein wealthy companies pay for content to be delivered at high speeds, while content from startups or small web publishers languishes in the slow lane (Nordrum). This will lead to the possibility of startups failing much more easily than if net neutrality was still in place. If someone wanted to start a new ISP to compete against the already monopolistic ISP market, other big ISP’s could just work on preventing them from getting big by doing things such as blocking their advertisement or making it difficult to access the new ISP’s website. Even a big company like Amazon could decide to be an ISP one day, and make their services the only content that goes into the fast lane, and reduce competition from other ISP’s. The end of net neutrality can completely change the internet of things. Many service providers have their own streaming/cable services and technologies. Comcast for example is working on their own smart home platform (Finley). With the undoing of title II, Comcast could prevent or slow down access from competitors’ smart home appliances. “If your internet provider can decide which personal assistant or smart home gadgets you can or can't use, the broadband can dictate the winners and losers in the Internet of Things race” (Finley). This can definitely slow down development of new