Does the U.S. Still Need Net Neutrality?
Today, much of the things that we do revolve around the internet and technology. Many policies are upheld to keep the freedoms of the internet intact for the public. The privilege that allows us to use the internet freely is called Net neutrality. In 2003 this term was brought to life and coined by a Law Professor named of Tim Wu in a proposal to a government organization named the FCC about different way that regulations could keep users of the internet from having to pay extra fees that weren’t necessary. It wasn’t until around seven years later in 2010 that the FCC would use this term in hand with the creation of what was called the Open Internet Order which was a new set of laws regulating the delivery
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In 2014, the internet service provider Verizon challenged this policy to bring net neutrality to an end and while not completely succeeding, they were able to put a dent in the previous regulation by reverting the blocking and discrimination laws. Although this was a huge hit to people pro net neutrality, in 2015 the laws were reverted to the way they were after reconsideration. This leads into today’s society of net neutrality, or at least for now. On December 14th, 2017 the FCC is planning on taking a vote to completely remove net neutrality for reasons unknown. This brings up the big question that has been circulating around media. Does this country still need net neutrality? I for one believe that it is a pure necessity and have just reasoning behind it. I believe that we cannot function without it because removing it would cause an increase of throttling and fast tracking to take place between the different internet service providers, a loss of product providers economic rights on the internet, and finally would cause the current internet to become what is called an intranet. These ideas and concepts are what will come if net neutrality is eradicated and if the FCC cuts all ties with internet service providers.