What´s Internet Neutrality?

My stance on “net neutrality” is that there is no information which should be prioritized over another. An example that I like to use is one of the electrical grid network. For instance, when you plug a device into – an electrical outlet, the amount of electricity received the same amount regardless of the device One doesn’t get priority over another. All receive the same amount of electricity. Yet people still seem to not understand what the internet truly looks like and how it really operates. An article from WIRED magazine has broken down the internet so that we can understand what the internet looks like when making decisions concerning “net neutrality”. According to this article, the internet isn’t neutral right now and never will be. The article goes on to say that “The net neutrality debate has got many facets to it, and most of the points of the debate are artificial, distracting, and based on an incorrect mental model on how the internet works,”. They discuss the fact that the internet already has “Fast Lanes” see the picture below to understand. …show more content…
Every web company has limited choices among the few ISP’s. These ISP’s are becoming too big and too powerful. How do we expand, develop and create other avenues to connect to the internet? These are the real questions that we need to figure out.

Because of so much misconception of the internet, some basic terminology might help while discussing “net neutrality”.

Internet Terminology Cheat Sheet

Internet Backbone: The collection of cables and data centers that make up the core of the internet. This is operated not by a single operation but by many independent companies spread across the