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Net neutrality and what it means.
7 years ago
*opens journal* I should write something
Before people get up in arms and wanna harass me, I supported net neutrality and still do, even pushing for my state to make their own independent rules for net neutrality. I’m making this journal to explain in brief detail why this isn’t a horrible thing, you just believe it is.
Net neutrality was put into enforcement in 2015, during the Obama administration, this rule was to make sure no company could ever throttle and make fast and slow lanes when it came to internet and phone provider. This rule being put into place, and what it affected: almost nothing!
For any of us who have used the internet before 2015 know that there isn’t much of a change, when net neutrality first showed up, nothing really changed, I could still access all the websites, I was able to get in here and my normal sites without issue. The only company that was heavily affected by this was AT&T, a company who was got and fined for making fast and slow lanes for their phone companies and if you had a slow lane, they didn’t allow you to use FaceTime and most apps on your phone.
AT&T was heavily affected as they lost thousands of dollars when net neutrality dropped because they had to change their plans around, and but cutting out the lanes and making one even price, they were at a huge loss for a couple years. (Keep in mind this is coming from someone who uses them).
But anyone who had used the internet from 2005-2015 knows, or should know, that this doesn’t have much of an effect, there’s to many legality issues that make it impossible for companies to throttle people and use fast and slow lanes.
And from a business standpoint, doing so would be a huge loss for companies because people will just migrate to the cheapest one, so say version makes theirs the most expensive, smart people will just go to another provider and Verizon will be at a huge loss.
Net neutrality won’t affect anything because companies aren’t stupid enough to put themselves at a loss, as long as companies cower because consumers control their paychecks, there no way in hell they’ll do anything.
That’s just my take on it, I was for net neutrality as a safety precaution but I know it won’t affect anything if you know your internet history, so people please stop freaking out and do a few searches, your internet is most likely safe
Net neutrality was put into enforcement in 2015, during the Obama administration, this rule was to make sure no company could ever throttle and make fast and slow lanes when it came to internet and phone provider. This rule being put into place, and what it affected: almost nothing!
For any of us who have used the internet before 2015 know that there isn’t much of a change, when net neutrality first showed up, nothing really changed, I could still access all the websites, I was able to get in here and my normal sites without issue. The only company that was heavily affected by this was AT&T, a company who was got and fined for making fast and slow lanes for their phone companies and if you had a slow lane, they didn’t allow you to use FaceTime and most apps on your phone.
AT&T was heavily affected as they lost thousands of dollars when net neutrality dropped because they had to change their plans around, and but cutting out the lanes and making one even price, they were at a huge loss for a couple years. (Keep in mind this is coming from someone who uses them).
But anyone who had used the internet from 2005-2015 knows, or should know, that this doesn’t have much of an effect, there’s to many legality issues that make it impossible for companies to throttle people and use fast and slow lanes.
And from a business standpoint, doing so would be a huge loss for companies because people will just migrate to the cheapest one, so say version makes theirs the most expensive, smart people will just go to another provider and Verizon will be at a huge loss.
Net neutrality won’t affect anything because companies aren’t stupid enough to put themselves at a loss, as long as companies cower because consumers control their paychecks, there no way in hell they’ll do anything.
That’s just my take on it, I was for net neutrality as a safety precaution but I know it won’t affect anything if you know your internet history, so people please stop freaking out and do a few searches, your internet is most likely safe
And I’m glad my brother is spreading this around, it’s good to know his friends are willing to listen. Also I appreciate the watch.
Unfortunately, many of the larger internet companies have been merging and eliminating choices in many areas of the US. Spectrum took over Time Warner, and prices shot way up. At the same time, the level of customer service went down the toilet. Can people on what became Spectrum switch to something else? In many places that Spectrum serves, the answer is no. They have a monopoly in so many areas that they serve. There is very little to stop them from taking advantage of people, in areas where there are no competing providers.
I don't honestly know what the future holds, but the lifting of protective regulations on communications and broadcasting companies over the past two decades has only led to costs going up far faster than people's incomes. And, the more they charge, the more ads we ultimately see. So, we get less content while paying more money. Removing net neutrality will likely just speed up the rate at which companies can take advantage of us. It'll be a gradual change over many years, but without neutrality, it won't be in a good direction.