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Arguments Against Net Neutrality

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Net Neutrality is the right to unbiased and unprejudiced access to all legal content on the internet (Meyer). Based on the definition alone, many people think that Net Neutrality is a reasonable law. However, Net Neutrality is controversial, and many people strongly disagree with it. This debate is very significant, especially with the height of the digital age. One popular argument against Net Neutrality is that the open internet allows kids to access dangerous content (Conda). Another argument is that Internet service providers should be able to control their network traffic; they cannot do this with the current Net Neutrality laws (Kerpen). Despite these concerns, The United States Government should support Net Neutrality because it gives …show more content…

Wu’s article emphasized the need for open internet to protect consumers from telecommunication companies who may be unfair or unjust (Meyer). In September of 2005, the Federal Communications Commission released their Internet Policy Statement, which is the base laws that are used today (Meyer). Over the past years, many people have challenged the FCC, because the believe it is unfair and unnecessary. Many big businesses are against Net Neutrality because they want to be able to control their competitions internet traffic, as well as their own (Kerpen). In 2010 the FCC created new rules to strengthen the pro-Net Neutrality argument (“Preface”). The new rules prevented ISPs from blocking applications and forced them to be more public with purposeful bog downs. Tom Wheeler challenged the FCC in 2015. He supported the idea of fast lanes; allowing ISPs to charge their customers for more access to the internet. Wheeler could not follow through with his plans because of the no-blocking rule (“Preface”). As of January 2017, the Federal Communications Commission still rightfully enforces Net Neutrality. The continuation of the open internet is the best option for the general population. Keeping the current laws of Net Neutrality is favorable for the millions of consumers of the internet. It allows everyone the same access to the internet with no restrictions

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Net-neutrality is the principle that providers of Internet services enable access to all contents with no prejudice or discrimination against sites or products regardless of the source. In December, the U.S. government repealed the national regulations that prevented “Internet Service Providers from blocking legal content, throttling traffic or prioritizing content on their broadband networks” in favor of a “looser set of requirements that ISPs disclose any blocking or prioritization of their own content.” In summary, the government has decided to change net-neutrality and make it easier to profit from. The government’s want, and subsequent success, to change the strict guidelines by which net-neutrality operated with is supported by the Chairman

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The rule will not only reverse the rules set by the 2015 decision, but will also decide whether the regulations were needed to begin with. Supporters of the other side (pro net neutrality) believe that this rule will destroy Internet freedom and worry about the true motives of broadband providers. They question whether or not these companies will put the best interests of the public first and foremost, over any sort of monetary gain. During the net neutrality era, wireless providers were not able to slow down the speed of competitor streaming services, and could not make a profit through “unethical” means (according to pro net neutralists). Now, these methods are technically allowed under the new rule, even though it is unlikely that ISPs will go to these lengths; many regulations and rules will still exist in order to prevent unethical business.

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As some of us might know there has been a passionate debate on the issue of the net neutrality in which there is strong feelings on both sides of the debate. Net neutrality is the idea government should regulate the internet so that the major telecommunications companies won’t be able to turn the internet landscape into a monopoly. This paper will examine both sides of the net neutrality debate in which the content of this paper will explore both the pro and cons of net neutrality. At the end of the paper I will reveal my true thoughts about net neutrality and will discuss what I have learned about this issue in the process. Some of the pros of net neutrality include easy access to information, promotion of free speech and promoting innovation for smaller internet companies.

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The novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, tells the wonderful story of a special relationship between the two characters, George and Lennie. The relationship between George and Lennie is brotherly. After George and Lennie met with their new boss who was already unsure of them, started to question why George spoke for Lennie. George reassuringly told the boss, “I ain’t saying he’s bright. He ain’t.

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While the overall theme of the article may be geared towards the history of net neutrality, it is not explicitly stated anywhere and this may confuse the reader. While there are some areas of the article that convey modern topics, it would seem as though too much of the article is spent on the history. While the article would be less coherent without the history, it should only be a minor part of the article and not the bulk. Network neutrality is becoming an ever present debate in today’s culture and it contains more meaning than ever before. This should be a theme within the article, especially since it is titled “Network Neutrality Nuances”, and this would tend to fall into the category of modern network neutrality issues.

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The Internet is one of the most powerful tools of the modern age as a source of knowledge, entertainment and wealth generation. While a large majority of the population has no understanding of how the Internet actually works and how the content arrives at their computer they understand its importance. Currently, the biggest issue the media industry is facing is that of net neutrality. Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers (ISP’s) should not discriminate against information being sent over the Internet and all data packets must be treated equally regardless of source, type or content.

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Recently, the Obama-era net neutrality bill has been invalidated and repealed, allowing for networks and service providers to deliver at their own speed and censor their resources. This removal of the bill has seemed to concern and strike terror into the hearts of internet users throughout the US, fearing that certain ISPs will suddenly revoke their customers_Ñé access to the internet and or particular aspects of it. But is the removal of this bill

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It_Ñés all one big moshpit of events and we are possibly only in the beginning phases of this debacle. Net neutrality is what supposedly protects our internet freedom and keeps ISPs(internet service providers) from possibly making us pay premium internet fees or pay for websites in packages like we do for cable television. This is a fairly popular way that people seem to draw the internet as without net neutrality. Personally, I feel that the reality isn_Ñét as scary as people seem to be

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The internet is a big part of most people's’ lives and they want to be able to use it fast and reliably. Net neutrality, the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or website, is what allows people to do this. It keeps companies from slowing down their competition and raising their prices. Now, net neutrality has been repealed, which means that internet service providers and other companies can slow down their competition and raise their prices. For some people this is not a problem but for people who do not have as much money, it can mean that they won't be able to afford these things.

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This is because of the FCC being controlled by the Republican party. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, ex-lawyer from Verizon, was appointed by President Donald J. Trump in January 2017. Immediately upon his designation, he began to plan for the repealing of net neutrality. Despite extremely negative reception from Americans, Pai continued to advocate for the

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In 2013 congress had not done anything with net neutrality, but the federal communication commission (FCC) had started to look at it in 2010. Then, FCC had issued the net neutrality rules. “The net neutrality has rules that will preserve the internet as an open network enabling consumers choice, freedom of expression, user control, and the freedom to innovate” (“net neutrality” Donna Batten). Net net neutrality is basically going to have the internet as an open the internet and to have unrestricted access to content and services, and that the IPS will have to treat all internet the same.

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" The government should not regulate the internet since large corporations are able to control, alter, block or discriminate the type of content that is released to the public. Net neutrality has recently been the topic of controversy. It is not a set principle, but rather a flexible one. The repeal of the net neutrality bill has sparked an outrage in millions of people, with many activists fighting back. The repeal of the net neutrality bill is considered by some as unconstitutional in many aspects.

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"Rooting to January 1st, 1983, the internet was released to the public in the form of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), which was originally a military technology funded by the Department of Defense. It ran off of a Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, so from the start, the internet contained restrictions. However, these restrictions were mandatory to set the precedents for how the internet would be used in future decades. The recent activity from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding net neutrality is moving the internet in a direction of unjustified restrictions. These monitoring ramifications infringe on the rights of American citizens and have the potential to damage

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One of the first hits, when network neutrality is searched, are websites who want to save network neutrality and present who are for and especially who are against. Network neutrality seems to be a hot topic all over the world, with important players involved like the big telecom companies on the one hand and companies like Facebook, Netflix and Mozilla Firefox on the other hand. Network neutrality can be seen as a non-discrimination act against any website, content or application on the Internet. Internet service providers (ISP’S) are not allowed to discriminate; therefor every end user has equal access to all available information and applications, access to an open and free Internet.

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Thesis Statements: Although the decision to end net neutrality has already been made, some people are still arguing whether ending net neutrality was the right decision. Some people claim that it was the right

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