Net Neutrality, simply put, is the access of internet
at the same speed as everyone else. The traffic created by you is by browsing
the web, and it’s treated equally by the companies that have built the infrastructure
of the internet (internet service providers or ISPs) like AT&T, for example.
They create a superhighway and direct the stream of traffic between you and
your internet provider. Net neutrality is important to me because it is a means
of creating fair usage of the web, regardless of socio-economic status. According
to Chapter 5 of our reading, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is
given the authority to review and revise rules relate to structural regulation
through a means of limitations or permissions to enter communication markets. Why
should you care? The FCC requires ISPs to provide a baseline level of service,
but companies will be able to pay to acquire faster service. The end of net neutrality
means that this advantage only serves people of a higher socio-economic status,
and the rest of us, well, we will be part of the low-bandwidth losers club.
Federal Communications Commission. (2008, August 20). Memorandum
opinion and order (FCC 08‐183). Broadband Industry Practices. Retrieved
from http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC‐08‐183A1.pdf.
Federal Communications Commission. (2010a).
Connecting America: National broadband plan. Retrieved from http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC‐296935A1.pdf.
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