Net neutrality is a great thing for people who work, study and play on the internet for long periods. The government has now taken it upon itself to manage the use of the internet. The government wants to be involved with how networks are constructed and managed and determine how consumers will receive their access to the service. Is this fair for us consumers?  Personally, I think this is just a way for internet companies to make extra money. What it is really all about is protecting home turf from innovative new applications that compete against their core communication or entertainment services(Delistathis 2009). The internet is becoming a necessity for most of us and without it most small companies could be stifled.  Everyday items are becoming computers that use internet, cell phones, notepads and even televisions all have internet capabilities.  Freedom is on the side of net neutrality so it is in my best interest to support it.

Delistathis, Thansis.  (2009).  Yes on net neutrality!. Retrieved from: http://navfund.com/blog/yes-on-net-   neutrality

Being required to use the internet for at least 5 hours a day makes me support network neutrality. I feel as if I could not get everything I need to get done for school and work if I was limited to a certain amount of bandwidth and/or time. What is net neutrality? In a nutshell, it is the idea the internet providers must allow equal access to the internet content and everyone will be charged the same, no matter how much is used.  Around 5 percent of the people on internet provider Comcast’s network use 70 percent of the capacity (Google 2008). Maybe internet regulators should concentrate more on that than stiffening  something that has great economic value. If internet providers charge higher fees for larger amounts of bandwidth people will lessen their usage of their service. With the zero discriminatory surcharge (ZDS) network providers should not offer deals to one content provider unless they offer the same deal to all providers (Felten 2008).

Felten. E., (2008) Three flavors of net neutrality.

(2008). An alternative to 'net neutrality'. Wall Street Journal.

As a student should I be for or against network neutrality? 
Net neutrality.....? (Photo Credit to:Michael Jastremski)