The battle over the internet is here. ISP's such as Comcast and Verizon and Silicon Valley giants like Google and Netflix are warring over whether all data should be treated equally. Under the Obama administration, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) ruled in favor of Silicon Valley and ordered ISP's to be regulated as a utility like Con Edison.
Under Trump, the FCC is poised to eliminate any regulations on telecommunications companies therefore allowing them to charge customers based upon usage.
Here are two argument for both sides:
Pro Net Neutrality: https://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now
Against Net Neutrality: http://mashable.com/2014/05/16/5-arguments-against-net-neutrality/#GXx6m4ddomqn
Read both articles and educate yourself on the issue. You have 2 options for this post.
1) Weigh in on which side do you support?
2) Find out how other countries deal with this issue. Are Net Neutrality concerns only an issue in the US? What if you lived in Portugal? What would you pay for internet service?
There will be a 5 question quiz on Net Neutrality based upon the 2 articles.
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The debate on net neutrality can be viewed on many different levels. There is the question on who gets the power, the government which protects net neutrality and regulates the internet or the internet service providers (ISPs) who can charge certain websites more for delivery. Net neutrality currently leaves the Internet open and leave businesses to compete for digital influence. A big business like Google has more power than a smaller business like entrepreneurs. Large corporations have money from the advertisers who pay them that small organizations do not. Sites that can afford to pay for advertising on bigger sites have more influence on the internet than those who do not. This is all similar to Darwin's natural selection. In addition, in
ReplyDeleteGuilded Age free competition the economy was left in the hands of the people. During the Great Depression however, Hoover left those same people to volunteer and assemble to solve their problems but it was not until the government got involved with FDR's reform policies. The laissez-faire attitude of Hoover is like having net neutrality - even though there is more government rule, it is the competitors (robber barons like Rockefeller and Carnegie) who gain the power because of the lack of regulation. FDR's programs are comparable to the ISPs all regulating that competition by making it harder financially for the successful businesses to succeed. If we keep net neutrality, entrepreneurs can afford to put themselves out there. If we do away with it, small businesses could either benefit from less large competition but be hurt because they cannot afford to get a quicker delivery plans that those already large competitors can benefit from. This is a convoluted topic and the results could go either way. For the most part, the Western Hemisphere protects net neutrality and the Eastern Hemisphere either does not or is undecided. China does not have net neutrality but the ISPs have blocked tons of sites banned by the government. Canada does have net neutrality because it does not want ISP monopolies. With net neutrality protection, big names gain all the power. Without it, ISPs can use their influence as monopolizing powers. Either way, abuses on the Internet and its users can take place. Regardless of whether the US protects net neutrality or not, the economy will change.
Good Teresa. The chairman of the FCC is making false accusations that net neutrality is prohibiting ISP's from investing in improvements. At a time when ISP's are making more money than ever.
DeleteChina is a communist country and does not believe in competition as a means of economic growth. They especially do not want their people having access to information that can be harmful to their method of control.
The battle over Net Neutrality is quite terrifying for a person who constantly uses the internet on a daily bases. The FCC is trying to dictate what people can view over the internet and charge them for how much they use it. If the FCC wins this battle then everything will change and people will need to purchase certain packages in order to continue on with their daily lives and be able to do their jobs. This would cause an uproar in the community and will cause people to protest against the FCC and The ISPs. Some may say that the FCC should go through with their plan and force people to pay to access the internet. Others may say that the ISPs should stand up like Verizon did in 2011. I believe that some ISPs will stand up eventually and prevent the FCC from controlling the internet. However, many ISPs probably won't stand up against the FCC out of fear. We'll just have to see that happens in the future or we could stand up against the FCC.
ReplyDeleteNet Neturality is not just an issue for the U.S .Other countries deal with net neutrality . For example in Chile they use something called zero rating were big companies can give users a broken down version of their site so they dont have to pay for data . but the big companies have to pay for this option to be avalible to their users. If i lived in portugual my internet bill would be pretty expense
ReplyDeleteNet neutrality has not only been an effect on many of the U.S citizens who used the internet but other countries around the world. The controversy between people who are for net neutrality and aren't has caused a major disagreement between the two. The FCC wants to regulate what people can see on the internet, and charge them for usage of it. I don't think this is a good thing because a lot of the websites that are used daily will no longer be there due to the reduction of people not using these site. It will also cause small businesses to go out of business, and monopolies to have all the power, due to the competition.
ReplyDeleteNo Ashley. The FCC now wants to let ISP's charge for user bandwidth. That is the main issue of net neutrality. Not that the FCC wants to regulate what people see. Important distinction.
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ReplyDeleteIn South Korea they have a law stating that big companies cant force people into paying more for what they provide. this includes paying for packages and such. The FCC wants to regulate and force people to pay more for what they buy. As someone who uses the internet daily for almost everything this is scary because some people cant afford to pay for all of this.