Monday, November 17, 2014

What is Net Neutrality?

Many of you may or may not be aware of the fight that is currently going on in Washington over what is called Net Neutrality. What is it? Follow this link and read the post. http://theoatmeal.com/blog/net_neutrality The blogger has an obvious bias. What is at stake? Do you agree? Disagree? Why? What do you think is the right solution? Please research net neutrality and find a link to a resource that supports your argument.
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  1. mylesofsmilesNovember 17, 2014 at 10:04 AM

    Net Neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers should have access to all content and applications no matter where the source comes from and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.
    What is at stakes

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  2. Mr.TricaricoNovember 20, 2014 at 8:47 AM

    Imagine you are one of the 5 appointed members of the FCC who is set to vote on the new rules. How would you vote? Do you support ISP's being classified as utilities or allowing them to create tier pricing for their service? Please elaborate your reasoning as well.

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  3. Em RoldanDecember 6, 2014 at 12:20 PM

    Net neutrality is a network design paradigm that argues for broadband network providers to be completely detached from what information is sent over their networks. Freedom is at stake. I disagree because people use the internet for different things and everyone should be entitled to their privacy, opinions and ideas. Net neutrality limits our freedom and gives more power to ISPs. It sounds fair to give everyone the same amount of speed and access but it isn't. Some people may need faster service or certain websites and shouldn't lose it because other people are using the internet illegally. http://www.theopeninter.net/ explains why net neutrality is a bad idea and why open internet is important.

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    1. Mr.TricaricoJanuary 15, 2015 at 5:38 AM

      Net neutrality means that all data is treated equally. An ISP cannot charge a company more money to distribute larger bandwidth content. So if you are for "data freedom" you support net neutrality.

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  4. bachanabDecember 9, 2014 at 9:19 AM

    Net neutrality means keeping free speech on the internet. You should be able to freely be on the internet any way you choose to. Nobody should be "looking" or controlling what you use the internet for and that surely shouldn't effect the way your internet bill is set up. Everyone is entitled to their privacy and what they do on the internet is their business. This also shouldn't effect the speed of the internet. http://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality is a link that clearly explains what net neutrality is and what ISP's would be doing.

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  5. Samantha MJanuary 8, 2015 at 8:04 AM

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  6. Samantha MJanuary 8, 2015 at 8:05 AM

    Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all data that travels over their networks equally with no discrimination. Our freedom and our privacy is at stake. We should able to do what we choose to with the internet. Service providers should not have access to any content or data. I don't agree with net neutrality because the internet is open to everyone. So it's not fair to invade on people's personal thoughts, feelings and other ways they express themselves. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2014/11/13/net-neutrality-is-a-bad-idea-supported-by-poor-analogies/ this article expresses why net neutrality is a bad idea.

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  7. Grace SullivanJanuary 28, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    Net neutrality, in short and simple words, is internet freedom. It's idea is that all data should be treated respectively equal, no matter what it is or who put it up. No one person should have different rights on the internet than another. It doesn't matter if what is being posted is a fact or an opinion, it should still be treated the same way as if somebody else put up the same thing. Everyone's is allowed to be heard and if a person chooses to express their voice through the internet, then so be it. I do not think that anything is at stake as long as everybody's information is treated completely equal.
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/net-neutrality
    I choose this article with a video because it demonstrates the positives in net neutrality and why is should be allowed.

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  8. Ana MarieJanuary 30, 2015 at 2:07 PM

    Net neutrality is the means that all data should be equal. Our freedom and rights are at stake. I agree, I think that it is unfair for ISPs to now start to try and control how we use the internet. I think the internet should stay free.http://www.theopeninter.net/

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