What Net Neutrality Means to You

Internet growth and the innovation in new products and services, will require the internet bandwidth to remain very expensive, and that ISPs do not impose any additional charges for select users, or selected services for sample Pandora, Netflix or YouTube, but instead they should spread the cost over all users, offering single plan rates for all. They will be some people they will argue these are not fair, loads the light users of the internet, and is illogical in so far as the resources are not priced according to usage. They should be like the telephones, wireless, cellular, or toll highways or the electric bills. All consumers should be able to have access to legal content and applications on an equal basis, without favoring some sources or blocking others.

The Federal communications commission they argue that the ISPs are effective monopolies and there is no competition for their service area. The markets they do not work well, and consumers they do not have a choice is non-existent, and they are also conflicts of interest. The ISPs who deliver internet service, deliver telephone and television services. The possibilities are to restrict the internet telephone services like Skype, so consumers uses their cell or land line service, the same with Netflix in order to build their own video streaming services.

The discriminatory behavior is when an ISP rules and forbid network’s providers from blocking and managing their networks, they prevents certain type of files from being carried, or slow down the transmission of selected files for whatever reason. The FCC does supports ISPs managing their networks by using any variety of pricing, and determination of overlaying plans.

FCC supports metered pricing or internet bandwidth caps as long the pricing reflects usage and is non-discriminatory. Some of the cities argue that the internet is different from highways or other physical assets and resources. The supply is practically impossible to measure or calculate and the cost of adding another user whether a heavy user, or light is nearly zero.

If the resources are not constrained, then