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The phrase, “net neutrality,” for those of you who have heard of it – and let’s be honest, most of us can’t seem to escape it, especially with the ensuing presidential candidate debates – is not the simplest concept. In fact, it is pretty difficult to explain without the employment of metaphors. Net neutrality refers to the internet and how Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, can control consumer usage and traffic. The neutrality aspect is derived from the principle that ISPs should not dictate…

In America we have become used to a concept called net neutrality. Net neutrality is the idea that when you go onto the internet other companies like AT&T or Verizon won't slow the browser that you’re on. As of November 21st, 2017 Ajit Pai, chairman of the FCC, made the move of repealing net neutrality in hopes to regulate the internet more. Many Cases have been made against net neutrality and many companies have promised not to lower their speeds but things will continue to change in the near…

Net Neutrality Net neutrality has been a part of geeky Internet conversation for years, but has only come into public view relatively recently when the FCC voted to reclassify Internet service providers as public utilities, which will ensure that Internet access continues to be available to anyone with no restriction on the content that’s accessed (Kang). This is a landmark decision that will affect many people over the next few decades. Net neutrality is important to me because it directly…

When the Federal Communications Commission voted in support of net neutrality, Chairman Tom Wheeler was quoted as saying “The Internet is the most powerful and pervasive platform on the planet. It is simply too important to be left without rules and without a referee on the field…The Internet is simply too important to allow broadband providers to be the ones making the rules” (PBS). To ensure the free flow of information and fairness of the digital society, regulation is necessary, but…

EUREKA Poster and Oral Presentations So first I would like to discuss the poster presentation that I went to which discussed net neutrality. The researcher and presenters were Taylor McCreary, Graciela Ruiz, Rolando Diaz, Natally Chavarria, Joe Hankins and their work was name “The Tragic End of Your Internet Freedom: Net Neutrality”. Their main goal is to save net neutrality by informing people the importance of net neutrality and what actions they can do to help protect the free and open…

(Bass, 2017). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that oversees the US regulation of ISPs, headed by Chairman Ajit Pai, is proposing to overturn rules that prohibits restrictions on internet traffic (Pai, 2017). More than 80,000 companies and websites oppose the FCC’s actions…

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…

Net Neutrality There was a debate in the late 1990s in the United States about the telecommunication and internet. This debate has signified in private sectors, technical community, academia and civil society. The debate is all about whether the service providers can be prohibited legally from the discrimination against internet network traffic. The “net neutrality” consist of certain principle which has paved into hot debate topic where advocated has introduced policy…

Net Nuetriality YourFirstName YourLastName University title Net Neutrality Introduction Net neutrality is a network plan model that disputes for providers of broadband network to be separated completely from any kind of information that is sent through their networks. In real meaning, it is in argument that no amount of information should be considered above the other (Stiegler, 2013). This rule implies that a network that relays information like the internet is most resourceful and…