NET NEUTRALITY AND WHY YOU SHOULD FIGHT FOR ITTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

BY JIM WOODARD

INTRODUCTION

• Since the ruling against Net Neutrality in the District of Columbia, Internet Service Providers have too much wiggle room to exploit the common internet user.

THROTTLING INTERNET SPEEDS

• The traditional net neutrality rules have required that ISPs distribute the same data speeds to every website.

• Big streaming providers, and other streaming services could be slowed down because ISPs can give preference now.

REGULATION

• The FCC has been slow to react to the striking down of Net Neutrality.

• Data is the same no matter where it is coming from.

• Without regulation ISPs can pick and choose who or what can have faster speeds.

COUNTERARGUMENT

• Streaming Services take a massive amount of bandwidth.

• ISPs claim throttling is the only affordable solution for high internet traffic.

• ISPs have regular tax breaks to improve infrastructure, and pocket the money instead of using it to actually improve infrastructure.

CONCLUSION

• As internet users, we need to fight to keep Net Neutrality.

• If we let the ISPs give preference, there is no telling where it will end.

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