Ameer Hammad
ITN 267
Professor Thomas
10/30/20
Case Study 1 on Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality had been revoked in 2018 and the result was a lot of
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public since it does take away benefits that could affect smaller companies. This includes
censoring and charging fees just to have better services. There are some positives and negatives
about Net Neutrality, but it did spark up a lot of attention from the public. Not everyone agrees
since it has even been forced to just accept the rule in some states. There have even been claims
on why the repeal is for anyone’s own good. One of the examples being beneficial to consumers
since it restores Federal Trade Commission authority right over internet service providers. Now
there are issues that relate to the Net Neutrality repeal and why there are people who are
concerned about what would happen once it did, but these issues also are not repealed just like
net neutrality nearly two years ago? There are still worldwide issues that still exist today that a
lot of people are aware of, but they don’t put that much action despite their attention. One of the
major, yet opinionated, issues on the internet is pornography. It includes making the human body
available for anyone to see online and often treated as objects. Should porn be repealed because
it sometimes rubs people the wrong way? It doesn’t really provide benefits, yet it is still around
available. There is also no political freedom for citizens to be expressive in the public. What
about an increase in terrorism turning a lot of innocent citizens into victims that happen around
the world? That kind of action ought to be placed more concern. Animal cruelty still happens
despite organizations protecting animal rights. There are still domesticated pets still treated
harshly. Should animal rights be repealed? Every person should have good health, but there is
inequality in access to health care. These issues are all morally wrong in every way, no question
asked that they should be repealed, and even should be corrected.
Now before any opinions should be made, it is important to understand what Net
Neutrality all is about. The fun fact is that the majority of Americans support Net Neutrality. Net
Neutrality rules can be good for consumers. There was a conducted survey of 1,000 people
asking how they would react if an ISP offered paid prioritization deals. If the companies are
willing to pay for the fastest and best delivery of content to which resulted in 62% who didn’t
think it should be allowed while 67% believe that the ISP should not be allowed to block any
content of a competitor. By making sure that the IPS serve as impartial conduits, consumers gain
the power to soak in whatever the internet has to offer. Going back to paid prioritization later, but
there are rules that had been repealed which dramatically changed the internet. This includes
blocking, where internet service providers should not discriminate against lawful content by
blocking websites and apps, throttling is when service providers cannot slow the transmission of
data due to the content, and paid prioritization is how service providers can’t create an internet
fast lane for companies and even consumers who paid premiums. Then there’s transparency
which is where the IPS are required to disclose fees, broadband speed, promotional rates, data
caps, and network management to consumers. The Internet Conduct Rule is applied by the F.C.C.
to ensure that IPS cannot interfere or disadvantage consumer’s access to legal online content or
website’s ability to create it. But then again, IPS has been caught doing things that these rules
prohibited back the past. If Net Neutrality rules were to get ignored, providers would sell the
internet. There had been claims that Net Neutrality rules are an attempt to regulate the internet. [Show Less]