Federal Communications Commission

Net neutrality is an issue that was brought up in the news three months ago when the government revoked it. Net neutrality is a very complicated thing and not many people actually know what it means. Net neutrality is where the government forces internet providers to give all websites the same speeds. That allows startup tech companies to use the same speeds as Facebook and Google. According to the ACLU, without net neutrality there will be two tiers of the internet. The companies that can…

The government doesn't have any infuence on the internet content due to the fact of the Telecommunications act of 1996. This act states that,"Previously, the Communications Act of 1934 was the statutory framework for U.S. communications policy, covering telecommunications and broadcasting. The 1934 Act created the FCC, the agency formed to implement and administer the economic regulation of the interstate activities of the telephone monopolies and the licensing of spectrum used for broadcast and…

The rapid increase in the data or information causes the attacks or threats in the business. The data reaches the internet through the Internet Service Providers and through government regulators irrespective of the content, communication mode. Hence it has given equal access to the users and same fees for the connection even in the business prospects (Pablo, 2015, p.3). The net neutrality affects the users and business in different manners. All the web based business…

Everyone in this room uses the internet, probably daily, but many of you may not realise a threat which could harm the way our internet works, net neutrality intends to protect us consumers from the threats. Net Neutrality is often mistaken to be related to censorship, or other seemingly unethical act, that's just a small part, the idea of Net Neutrality is, in a nutshell, that all data carried over the internet should be treated equally. This means that any organisation, government or corporate…

ruling in favor of net neutrality on February 26, 2015. With this ruling, the FCC reclassified broadband access as a telecommunications service and therefore a common carrier, in turn applying Title 2 of the Communications Act of 1934 to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Title 2 of the Communications Act of 1934 makes it unlawful for any common carrier to “make any unjust or unreasonable discrimination in charges, practices, classifications, regulations, facilities, or services” (47 U.S. Code §…

principle in which internet providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites. Today, December 14, 2017 marks the date when a vote was taken for federal regulators to allow internet providers to speed up services for websites they favor and block down or slow down others, states Jhaan Elker. In the event that a consumer owns a certain network then they can choose to slow down another network.…

Most of us probably believe we have absolute freedom when it comes to what we view on the internet. However, Barbara van Schewick points out in her article ‘Network Neutrality Nuances’, that we only have access to bits and pieces of the internet (Schewick, 2009). What we are able to view is all decided upon by our ISP. Schewick states that ISPs select what we view in order to maximize profits, to ban content which they consider to be inappropriate, or to keep track of all signals on their…

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary; the idea, principle, or requirement that Internet service providers should or must treat all Internet data as the same regardless of its kind, source, or destination. When you go on the internet, you have certain expectations. You expect to be connected to the website of your choosing. Net Neutrality means you experience an internet that enables and protects free speech. You would expect that your cable or phone company isn’t playing with the data,…

Net neutrality is the idea that the Internet should be free and open to everyone equally. Without FCC regulation, this free Internet can not exist. The present and future world will need the free Internet to maintain the economy and our everyday lives. The FCC privacy rollback that you voted for this past March is a landmark in the decline of these vital regulations. Consumer privacy is important and voting against it is directly working against the people you represent. Consumers do not benefit…

In the past the internet has been free flowing and unrestricted. Recently, the FCC was in a court case with a big ISP company and the verdict was opposite to the current internet regulations which has caused the FCC to reinvestigate this topic. The definition of Net Neutrality is the concept that broadband Internet service providers should provide nondiscriminatory access to Internet content, platforms, etc., and should not manipulate the transfer of data regardless of its source or destination…