Network neutrality (or neutrality of the Internet, or principle of neutrality) means that all the information that travels on the network must be treated in the same way, at the same speed, that is, at the speed of hiring. It is this principle that guarantees the speed of access to any type of information in the network. But the speed of who receives information does not depend on a law, but rather the speed contracted to send the server you are connecting to.
Internet was built freely to meet demands, the network as we imagine has always been growing and still is in accordance with the demand of users interested in accessing any service or information, regardless of government interference. However, a great limitation to define the speed at which the user will receive information, is far beyond laws or contracted speed, because we depend on the speed that the server is able to send information in proportion to the number of requests for that same information. This is called internet traffic. For example, if you hire the internet with 10Mbps speed, that is with a maximum traffic by receiving of 10240kb / s, does not mean that the server, that is, the site that you want to access will be able to send you at that speed. …show more content…
In order to protect their economic interests, many ISPs have introduced illegal or harmful practices to the Internet, especially traffic shaping. For example, ISPs try to prevent users from using wireless routers, using VOIP, file sharing programs, slowing down video and TV sites, file sharing, and so