I did not realize until reading the articles this week that net neutrality was an issue with service providers. It is not something that I have ever thought about. However, I can see now how it is something that is important to understand and be aware of. Especially, what the effects of not having net neutrality could have on users.
The FCC's framework for protecting internet freedom has three main objectives: consumer protection, transparency and removing unnecessary regulations to promote broadband investments. It is put in other words by cnet.com, no blocking, no throttling and no paid prioritization. This is important to have in place to protect citizens rights to access information. Users should be able to access any legal content. If these regulations were not put into place, internet service providers would be able to control what information users could access based on paid providers to their service. They would be able to issue faster and slower bandwidths to providers who had paid interests in their companies. This would allow them to direct users to certain sites just because those sites were paying the ISP. How would users be able to access unbiased information if regulations were not in place? Users need to continue to advocate for net neutrality to protect our right to equal internet access. Internet service providers should not be allowed to dictate the information users are allowed to access. What would this do to users who were not able to afford high speed internet packages. They might not be able to access information more wealthy users could access. How would this benefit our students and society when gaining knowledge? It wouldn't! Resourses An introduction to net neutrality. (2014) Retrieved from http://www.marshalldata.com/2014/05/an-introduction-to-net-neutrality-what-it-is-what-it-means-for-you-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/ (Note: This is an introduction before the FCCs ruling) Federal Communications Commision (2015). Open internet. Retrieved from https://www.fcc.gov/openinternet Long, C. (2015). What net neutrality means for students and Educators. Retrieved from http://neatoday.org/2015/03/11/net-neutrality-means-students-educators/ Madden, M., & Raine, L. (2015). Americans' attitudes about privacy, security and survellance. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/05/20/americans-attitudes-about-privacy-security-and-surveillance/ Reardon, M. (2015). 13 Things you need to know about the FCC’s net neutrality regulation. Retreived fromhttp://www.cnet.com/news/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-fccs-net-neutrality-regulation/
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