I read an article on www.savetheinternet.com called Net Neutrality 101. We briefly discussed this issue in class. Net neutrality is how we currently use the internet. We pay for the internet from our internet provider and are allowed to visit any website we want to while we are online. However this system is in danger. The companies that provide us with internet access want to charge extra fees so that websites will load properly and so that online applications will work. This is the opposite of net neutrality which means open and free access to any websites and applications. The internet providers want to the owners of certain websites more money in order to have their website operate properly. This fees will trickle down and affect us. If Verizon charges Netflix more money to provide service for the website, then Netflix will charge customers more to cover the cost. This is unfair. We already pay a lot to these companies for internet and other services we should not have to pay extra costs to use websites that should be offered to us for free. The destruction of net neutrality will have damaging effects on the economy. Some internet based companies will go out of business and customers will be unhappy.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-101
This is a very important and interesting topic! I agree that we already pay so much money in order to have internet and services. So to be charged to visit websites would lead to a lot of anger in consumers. The destruction of net neutrality will cause many problems. Not only will internet based companies go out of business, like you said, but other companies will lose advertising, which will cause those companies to fall. If net neutrality didn't exist consumers would rarely use the internet because of the costs and that would lead to a failing economy.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to be really mad if I need to pay extra fees. I didn't even realize that we were saying this might happen in class. I really hope that we keep net neutrality because it will be too hard to boycott the internet and the companies will likely get away with it. I agree that this will really mess up the economy because there might be a massive shift in how much people use the internet purely because they cannot afford the extra payments.
ReplyDeleteYour analysis of the article is superb! What an interesting article! Good job!
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