Why We Should Keep Net Neutrality
287 million people use the internet in the United States of America every day. Nearly all of them could never imagine coming home and not being able to access Facebook, YouTube, or even Netflix. Without the protection Net Neutrality provides, this could happen. Net Neutrality is a principle in place that makes sure that all internet users have access to all content, regardless of source without Internet Service Providers (ISPs) giving unfair pricing, slowing down internet speed for certain sites, or blocking sites altogether. Despite the fact that many people argue against Net Neutrality, we as a nation should keep Net Neutrality for the sake of our citizens. There are several reasons that substantiate that we should keep internet neutrality
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Without Net Neutrality, the ISPs could charge companies whatever they wanted for high-speed internet. While the ISPs are charging the companies more and not the people, it would still affect both of them. “If Comcast were to charge Netflix more, it…will pass those charges along to their customers. If the cost of access doubles for Netflix, that monthly subscription plan would likely go from $9.99 to $19.98” (Source 2, 3). By the ISPs charging the companies that provide services for the people, it would end up costing the person buying these services more. The companies being charged higher rates would have to compensate by charging their consumers because the ISPs are forcing them to do so. Getting rid of Net Neutrality would eventually cost more for consumer. Also, the repeal of internet neutrality laws would have a detrimental effect on our public access to internet. By removing Net Neutrality, it would, “...hurt small startups and public or non-profit content providers (like libraries) that can’t afford to buy a ‘fast lane’ for our educational, research, archival or other digital collections. Content providers that pay more for a fast lane also may pass this extra charge onto consumers, so it also could mean libraries and schools – already facing budget troubles – would end up paying more for some commercial content than they pay today” (Source 4, 2). Net Neutrality protects our non-profit internet providers. Libraries would have to charge people to use their internet or not give free access at all. Schools would end up paying more, and that would cost more for parents trying to send their kids to school, whether it be public or private. This would affect all of the low-income families across the country. Kids wouldn’t be able to go to school because they wouldn’t be able to pay the tuition. On the other hand, people may argue that by charging companies
Without Net Neutrality, the ISPs could charge companies whatever they wanted for high-speed internet. While the ISPs are charging the companies more and not the people, it would still affect both of them. “If Comcast were to charge Netflix more, it…will pass those charges along to their customers. If the cost of access doubles for Netflix, that monthly subscription plan would likely go from $9.99 to $19.98” (Source 2, 3). By the ISPs charging the companies that provide services for the people, it would end up costing the person buying these services more. The companies being charged higher rates would have to compensate by charging their consumers because the ISPs are forcing them to do so. Getting rid of Net Neutrality would eventually cost more for consumer. Also, the repeal of internet neutrality laws would have a detrimental effect on our public access to internet. By removing Net Neutrality, it would, “...hurt small startups and public or non-profit content providers (like libraries) that can’t afford to buy a ‘fast lane’ for our educational, research, archival or other digital collections. Content providers that pay more for a fast lane also may pass this extra charge onto consumers, so it also could mean libraries and schools – already facing budget troubles – would end up paying more for some commercial content than they pay today” (Source 4, 2). Net Neutrality protects our non-profit internet providers. Libraries would have to charge people to use their internet or not give free access at all. Schools would end up paying more, and that would cost more for parents trying to send their kids to school, whether it be public or private. This would affect all of the low-income families across the country. Kids wouldn’t be able to go to school because they wouldn’t be able to pay the tuition. On the other hand, people may argue that by charging companies