Net Neutrality is a creativity and innovation catalyst
Don't let big business have all the fun
In 2015, the F.C.C. decided it would regulate the Internet like a utility. The Internet is something that almost everyone needs and uses. It has become an integral part of business, the economy and personal lives, not just in the U.S. but in the world. The effect of regulating the Internet as a utility was to create an atmosphere where everyone’s Internet traffic was treated equally. Businesses and residences should get the same Internet speeds.
Regulating the Internet like electricity, telephones and water ensure that everyone has the same access. This democratizing effect allows small business and entrepreneurs to create startups from almost nothing. It allows individuals access to innovate in a way that only big businesses could do so before. In short, it threatens the very companies that are currently in charge of Internet infrastructures.
If net neutrality rules are dropped, Google, Netflix, and other Internet-based companies may be able to pay so that their subscribers do not see or feel a lag time when using those services. For other web pages, it could be like going back to dial-up, making the page take longer to load because the company and those who find the web page haven’t paid for the best in Internet service. Imagine getting a text 3 letters at a time over the course of 15 minutes or having every third word delayed in a phone conversation with children (which could happen if you use Skype).
Bandwidth throttling is something that has been done in the past. Without regulation, it will occur again. Net Neutrality is not an inhibitor of creativity and innovation as some larger companies claim. Instead, it is the generative juice of creativity in a hot bed of primordial ooze. Everyone can use the Internet to be the next big thing. Large companies would prefer to keep innovations under their control. That way they can profit directly from them. By squashing Net Neutrality, the FCC is taking us back to the Internet of the ‘90s and making it impossible for the small business owner and innovator to keep pace with the larger companies that will be able to afford higher speed Internet services.
If you want the same access to the Internet that business, the government and large computer tech companies have, you need to support net neutrality. Otherwise, be ready to pay for play – like those bundled services that people have been trying to get away from in their cable bills.
Regulating the Internet like electricity, telephones and water ensure that everyone has the same access. This democratizing effect allows small business and entrepreneurs to create startups from almost nothing. It allows individuals access to innovate in a way that only big businesses could do so before. In short, it threatens the very companies that are currently in charge of Internet infrastructures.
If net neutrality rules are dropped, Google, Netflix, and other Internet-based companies may be able to pay so that their subscribers do not see or feel a lag time when using those services. For other web pages, it could be like going back to dial-up, making the page take longer to load because the company and those who find the web page haven’t paid for the best in Internet service. Imagine getting a text 3 letters at a time over the course of 15 minutes or having every third word delayed in a phone conversation with children (which could happen if you use Skype).
Bandwidth throttling is something that has been done in the past. Without regulation, it will occur again. Net Neutrality is not an inhibitor of creativity and innovation as some larger companies claim. Instead, it is the generative juice of creativity in a hot bed of primordial ooze. Everyone can use the Internet to be the next big thing. Large companies would prefer to keep innovations under their control. That way they can profit directly from them. By squashing Net Neutrality, the FCC is taking us back to the Internet of the ‘90s and making it impossible for the small business owner and innovator to keep pace with the larger companies that will be able to afford higher speed Internet services.
If you want the same access to the Internet that business, the government and large computer tech companies have, you need to support net neutrality. Otherwise, be ready to pay for play – like those bundled services that people have been trying to get away from in their cable bills.
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