Argumentative Essay: The Net Neutrality Law

The Net Neutrality Law is a law established in the United States under President Obama, in 2015. This law ensures that no service providers can charge you individually for every website, channel, or media you come into contact with. Everyone pays equally, all at once, for everything you can access on the Internet. With how joyous this may seem, the Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) has now brought up the idea of taking it all away. This possible repeal will not be good for our country. Since the first debates of Net Neutrality in 2002, the Internet has changed gravely. A great factor of this would be that of the businesses. Many entrepreneurs have established ways to advertise for companies on these websites, even start their own

Schools, teachers use the Internet to help teach their students. Some high schools using computers instead of books for note-taking and lessons. Once again, without Net Neutrality in their sights, school boards would end up using thousands of dollars just for Wikipedia or Canvas. The same situation applies to, say, hospitals! Or even hair salons. Anything that uses wifi or data. Generally, anyone who uses the internet on a regular basis is in danger of unreasonable pricing, not only schools or occupations. As Michael Silverman exclaims in his own statement against the F.C.C., “Consumers have little choice in their ISP, and service providers should not be allowed to use this gatekeeper position at the point of connection to discriminate against websites and apps.” ga This repeal will end up making a ton of money for the F.C.C., yes. However the society will be at stake, no matter who they are, in trying to pay up to the tolls. While likely most of the U.S. will agree in stating the use of Net Neutrality, there are surely some who disagree. The money can go to the F.C.C., and maybe from there the F.C.C. can use that to benefit some companies in need. Or even focus on other, pressing