Just recently in Washington D.C., the house of representatives passed legislation that guarantee internet users equal access to online content. This is a big break through in the right direction to shining the light back on the issue regarding the net neutrality regulations being overturned at the start of the Trump administration. The issue dealing with Net Neutrality is the question of who is the owner of the internet. Many can say that the owners of the internet are the internet providers such as Fios and Comcast. These companies that own the internet can do whatever they legally want todo, with such power they can give priority to people who pay more and alloy them faster internet and slow others down because they pay less money. With the house of representatives passing this bill, it demands all internet providers to give equal access of internet speed to everyone.
Although everyone wants to make a profit, It brings out an ethical situation because everyone should be allowed equal internet speed no matter where you live and what others are searching. As some internet companies have fined companies like Netflix for streaming videos all over the country, it can be seen that the big internet companies can be hindering companies to reach the their potential or startup companies from succeeding and growing. In my opinion, I think that we should all have a equal rights for usage of the internet. Even though internet companies were making the argument that if people wanted faster internet, they should pay more for it like a subscription. While it is a good argument that they are saying, ethically it shouldn’t be a considerable action because it would basically be selecting people to have faster internet based off amount they are paying to get faster internet while others who cannot afford the top of the line subscription to have internet as fast as others with more money.
In conclusion, I think that the house of representatives passing the bill for net neutrality is a good thing. With all the debates that went on all last year made it clear that it is not constitutional for companies to slow down people's internet unless they are willing to fork over money and penalize them based off the willingness or income status of one to pay the internet providers to allow one to get internet that is not slowed down.
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Net neutrality is desperately needed in the United States because companies that own the internet such as Verizon tend to overcharge people for high speed internet access in certain areas. Not only does this make a large dent in the money that companies which services use internet can make, but it also leaves the users of these services at a disadvantage. Many of us are fortunate that Netflix is able to pay these prices for high speed internet access, because without it, streaming Netflix would be slow and aggravating. Nobody wants their favorite web services to go on the fritz, because using these services will become less enjoyable. The internet was made for one reason, to make things easier to access. Without net neutrality certain things have become harder to access and companies have spent countless dollars on improving their users internet speed. While some companies are the ones that suffer by paying others that control the internet highways, owners of these highways are making fortunes because of the lack of net neutrality. Passing the bill for net neutrality is definitely a good thing, because consumers won’t have to struggle to use certain websites and companies won’t have to take money out of their pockets to ensure that users enjoy their time on websites.
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