The idea of net neutrality is a fairly recent development in our internet dependent society. At its core Net neutrality is a struggle between the content providers and the service providers. The Service providers would like the ability to charge their customers for tiered service when it comes to their internet access, each tier of course providing different services and advantages. To go along with that they would like to be able to charge the content providers fees to make their sites load up. On the other hand the content providers want to preserve the internet as it is now, the service providers are not allowed to differentiate between data sent by one website from another. There are pros and cons for the consumer, content providers and service providers with both options, but the question is what will end up happening to our beloved internet?
Net neutrality is being fought for on many fronts one of which is a group who has started a movement called "Save The Internet". This group feels that net neutrality is key to keeping the internet alive because without it the internet will not a palace for the free exchange of information as it is now, but a construction of the corporate executives who will allow us to see only what they want us to. An example of a content provider/organization fighting for net neutrality is eBay. They have actively sent out emails to inform their members on the subject of net neutrality in order to strengthen its cause. For ebay a company that strictly provides content over the internet Net neutrality is important because money that they are making and the service they are providing will all become dependent on the Service if anti net neutrality laws are passed.
Now for the organizations that are against net neutrality. First off we have a group dubbed "Hands Off The Internet" it is a coillition of "internet users, manufacturers and network operators" who are fighting for the ability for service providers to be able to offer tiered service and preferential treatment to certain content providers on the internet. This group is fighting against the net neutrality laws that are being put forth to congress because they feel that the internet is a growing market that should be regulated by the customers not the government. The service provider Verizon is against the idea of net neutrality due to the fact that they would like to be able to hacve different pacages that offer different levels of service, and that is a natural occcurance in our society since we are in fact capitalists. This is a very delicate subject that could lean eaither way it is easy to c why verizon is choosing to side against net neutrality.
As for me I really can not say whether im against it or not ive read a good amount about the subject but i feel as though everything i have read has had some sort of agenda behind it so it has thrown me off. I think that until I have found information on net neutrality that seems genuinely neutral I can not make an educated decision either way.
