The Pros And Cons Of Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality On February 26, 2015 the FCC ruled in a 3-2 decision on strict net neutrality rules, which make broadband a public utility based on → located in Title II of the Communication Act. While there are both pros and cons to this ruling, overall the decision is a positive one. In order to understand why net neutrality is beneficial it is important to address and discuss the new neutrality rules, the positive and negative aspects surrounding the new neutrality rules, and whom Net Neutrality will affect.
The central aspect of the new Net Neutrality regulations is that they make broadband more of a public utility, rather than a service. By making Broadband a Public Utility, the legislation stops companies from being able to pay more for faster consumers access, known as paid prioritization. The new regulation makes Internet providers; such as Internet service provider like AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon follow three
Additionally, under the FCC rein of control those against Net Neutrality argue that by letting the FCC create harmless rules will eventually backfire, if future overseers may expand their authority, and create stricter regulations for Internet providers. As a result, Broadband providers could begin a lengthy court battle, which will result in jobs lost and cause them to not try to improve their networks thus stifling technological growth. Additionally many argue that net neutrality protects innovation, because big business such as Netflix, Google and Hulu could pay to pay for more bandwidth and faster speed than, smaller than websites run by small companies, government funded websites, non-profit, and start-up companies. The ability to pay for faster broadband speed could result in smaller companies being considerably