The Reason Your Internet is Free

Net Neutrality

THE HISTORY

In the early 2000's as broadband internet service providers were being introduced, there was wide spread debate on whether or not to have neutrality and let the people have free reign with providers after Comcast was outed for throttling bandwidth from consumers. As the Internet became more and more of an outstanding presence, the debate for Net Neutrality gained massive popularity to keep ISP's from throttling and controlling the amount of internet, rather than the side of the ISPs, which wanted otherwise. In 2015 the Obama FCC would put regulations in order to keep Net Neutrality strong, but 2 years later, Net Neutrality would be thrown in the hands of the states as a FCC chairman who opposed Net Neutrality essentially killed Net Neutrality at a federal level, and it would be left to the states to maintain the idea of Net Neutrality.

What Net Neutrality Brings

Web Traffic

Net Neutrality requires ISPs to provide the same amount of data traffic, and speed to multiple services, and also that certain services aren't slower than others.

More Freedom of Speech

By not allowing ISPs to discriminate against services in order to get the edge on others, consumers are able to create news, organizations, ideas, and advancements in technology without the impedence and intervention of ISPs.

Healthy Competition

Net Neutrality in and of itself is a gateway for other smaller companies to be able to step and make a name for themselves among these titan companies like Verizon or Spectrum.

The Future

What the future could bring for Net Neutrality, and our Internet

Two outcomes

Net Neutrality has been dismantled at a federal level, but Net Neutrality is still in the hands of the government and now our states. Net Neutrality's unstable position gives way for 2 options, one that is beneficial to ISPs and bad for us, and the second that is good for us.

ISPs Have Control

If Net Neutrality becomes absolutely moot, ISPs would have control over your favorite services, TV Networks, and anything thay requires Internet. They could put labels and prices on things that you love and have been enjoying for years and bank off have monopolies due to no other small companies being introduced to have healthy competition.

Consumers have control

If Net Neutrality goes back to it's old ways and even gets stronger, the consumer would have more freedom and be able to publish, view, and consume everything they could want. At the dismay of ISPs, there would be good and healthy competition to maintain the status quo of service to the regular customer.