Pros And Cons Of Net Neutrality

Think of how much society relies on the internet today. The internet has become a haven for free-speech, open source software, entertainment, and information for millions of people in the world. It has become a place where everyone was equal and share their thoughts and opinions, regardless of their backgrounds. This is also known as net neutrality, which is the idea that ISP’s such as Comcast and AT&T are required to treat consumers equally, not charging differently or discriminating against certain groups of people and infringing against your basic given rights. However, this idea of freedom, or net neutrality, has been challenged by telecom companies for the sake of monetary profits and ultimate control of the people’s data, more specifically your data. These two companies specifically have created a monopoly that encompasses the whole country and allows them to impose unfair terms on their consumers. …show more content…
Now why does this matter, you may ask yourself? Successfully defeating net neutrality means that telecom companies will be able to force their own services by completely imposing restrictions to third-parties and excluding their own, creating an extremely unfair broadband market that gives no benefit to the consumer. This leads to the ordinary person having to deal with higher fees, potentially terrible services, and generally a terrible experience. On top of a majority of Americans having only one or two choices for service providers, a powerful monopolistic market that has so much influence in the government system will only lead to more drastic problems in the