Net Neutrality: Worth It? The Internet has become an unavoidable part of our day-to-day lives. Americans want to have access to a reliable Internet and we trust that we have fair access to our favorite websites. We want to be able to dependably connect to the people around us through the medium of the Internet. As a consumer who spends quite a few hours a day using the Internet, be it for business or pleasure, I care about what is going on online. Net neutrality is something that has recently sparked some interest here in America when the Federal Communications Commission voted on net neutrality regulations. The big question is what exactly does this vote mean and will it really influence the regular consumer as much as the twitter trends
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I wanted to use a source that anyone could have access to so I turned to Google and came across a website created by Free Press called savetheinternet.com. It features an article outlining what you need to know about the issue. It summarizes the topic by saying: “(Net neutrality) means that Internet service providers should provide us with open networks—and should not block or discriminate against any applications or content that ride over those networks.” When stated this way it seems simple. Why shouldn’t everything that is posted on the Internet have fair representation by the Internet providers? It doesn’t make sense to give some websites preferential treatment over others. A small online business should have the same opportunities as big name store in terms of their speed and accessibility. If large companies were able to pay to speed up their websites it would leave everyone without those means in the …show more content…
In an article written by Marvin Ammori for the Foreign Affairs Journal. He addressed how the political aspect of this vote works. Ammori mainly argues on President Obama’s policy on net neutrality. Originally, Obama declared himself, “a strong supporter for net neutrality” and promised to fight for that principle. Even with the president’s support and laws prohibiting Internet suppliers from overcharging websites it still occurred. Most famously when the website Netflix was reportedly forced to pay Comcast tens of millions of dollars so that their users could have a reliable streaming experience. From there more network providers saw this as an opportunity and petitioned the FCC for the ability to change their pricing for certain websites. It wasn’t long before the general public found out about the situation and the topic blew up. Without net neutrality Internet providers would have been allowed to offer websites access to a “superhighway” at higher prices while leaving other websites to lag behind at slower speeds. If the FCC failed to keep net neutrality it would have sparked a domino affect across the
I wanted to use a source that anyone could have access to so I turned to Google and came across a website created by Free Press called savetheinternet.com. It features an article outlining what you need to know about the issue. It summarizes the topic by saying: “(Net neutrality) means that Internet service providers should provide us with open networks—and should not block or discriminate against any applications or content that ride over those networks.” When stated this way it seems simple. Why shouldn’t everything that is posted on the Internet have fair representation by the Internet providers? It doesn’t make sense to give some websites preferential treatment over others. A small online business should have the same opportunities as big name store in terms of their speed and accessibility. If large companies were able to pay to speed up their websites it would leave everyone without those means in the …show more content…
In an article written by Marvin Ammori for the Foreign Affairs Journal. He addressed how the political aspect of this vote works. Ammori mainly argues on President Obama’s policy on net neutrality. Originally, Obama declared himself, “a strong supporter for net neutrality” and promised to fight for that principle. Even with the president’s support and laws prohibiting Internet suppliers from overcharging websites it still occurred. Most famously when the website Netflix was reportedly forced to pay Comcast tens of millions of dollars so that their users could have a reliable streaming experience. From there more network providers saw this as an opportunity and petitioned the FCC for the ability to change their pricing for certain websites. It wasn’t long before the general public found out about the situation and the topic blew up. Without net neutrality Internet providers would have been allowed to offer websites access to a “superhighway” at higher prices while leaving other websites to lag behind at slower speeds. If the FCC failed to keep net neutrality it would have sparked a domino affect across the