Question

Your Week 7 Position Statement should be 3-5 paragraphs and clearly state your

position on the issue of Network Neutrality. Your statement should include why you or in favor of, or

not in favor of 2015 FCC Network Neutrality rules. You position should include at least one linked source

or article that corroborates or helps make your point. Please be specific as to what aspects of the FCC

Network Neutrality policies you like or dislike and why.

Answer 1

The 2015 FCC Network Nutrality rules were drafted to carry forward the idea that all traffic on the internet should be treated equally. What does this mean for end users? It means that the broadband provider, which controls your access to the Internet, can't block or slow down services or applications you may use over the Web. It further means that your Internet service provider can't create so-called fast lanes that force content companies like Netflix to pay an additional fee to deliver their content to customers faster.

This means that network service providers can't block or slow down lawful content, applications, services or nonharmful devices. The FCC said that providers will not be able to single out Internet traffic based on who sends it, where it's going, what the content happens to be or whether that content competes with the provider's business. This is what will allow them to prohibit providers from blocking/throttling. Also, a broadband provider cannot accept fees for favored treatment.

The Internet is made up of a series of networks, also called Interconnections. The "last mile" is the connection your broadband provider offers consumers to get to the public Internet. A broadband provider then connects with other network providers to get access to content on the Internet. These "interconnections" between network operators are commercial arrangements between companies. The FCC acknowledges that broadband providers could act in a way that harms competition, affecting how or if consumers can access certain services.

I agree with the concept of no blocking or throttling to be allowed by network providers, but also at the same time, since the network providers will not be able to manipulate available bandwidths for services like Netflix and Hulu, users may experience poor streaming qualities. In all, the Network Nutrality rules will ensure that vroadband providers do not have access to the specifics of data being accessed on their channels which will regulate privacy and there will be more room for competition in streaming. So, I stand in favour of the 2015 FCC Network Nutrality rules.