Net will be Neutral, what's next?  

Posted by Dr. Raj Murthy

Internet providers will be barred from slowing down or blocking streamed video, music or other content that uses up a lot of bandwidth, under plans outlined today by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The proposals require both cable and wireless internet companies such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast to treat all legal Web content equally and to make public the details of how they manage traffic on their networks.

This is an interesting development on an issue that was under debate for quite some time. While I support this idea, I am concerned about the reaction from the big telecommunication firms that control much of our bandwidth. Time Warner is actively pursuing the idea of charging users (larger usage for video, music etc translates to more usage of individual bandwidth) based on the amount of bandwidth they consume. Given this news article .............. What will happen next?



 Read more at
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6843078.ece

3 comments

Haz-Mat Packaging   says September 23, 2009 at 9:53 PM

Net Neutrality is a good thing!

Net neutrality ensures that all internet users are provided with equal oppurtunity to seek information they desire. If internet providers marked up service prices at a rate which small businesses and non profit organization could not afford, then the primary source of information would be restricted to conglomerates and large corporations. In many cases corporations seek to enhance their organizational goals- i.e. sell more products and therefore much of the information they produce is 'one-sided' or skewed. This is not saying that large corporations have nothing beneficial to say or are bad, but information from the internet, if legal in nature, should be treated equally and not by the price tag on your broadband bill.

Haz-Mat Packaging   says September 23, 2009 at 9:53 PM

Net Neutrality is a good thing!

Net neutrality ensures that all internet users are provided with equal oppurtunity to seek information they desire. If internet providers marked up service prices at a rate which small businesses and non profit organization could not afford, then the primary source of information would be restricted to conglomerates and large corporations. In many cases corporations seek to enhance their organizational goals- i.e. sell more products and therefore much of the information they produce is 'one-sided' or skewed. This is not saying that large corporations have nothing beneficial to say or are bad, but information from the internet, if legal in nature, should be treated equally and not by the price tag on your broadband bill.

William Robles   says September 24, 2009 at 10:48 AM

I agree with Kraig. I feel that companies are now struggling with ideas on how to charge consumers for their service with the internet. Charging for how much bandwidth you use is quite unfair because, for me personally, I have no idea how much bandwidth I use. Now, I know that music and videos take up a lot of bandwidth but if that were to ever happen, consumers wouldn't have anywhere to access video news such as Obama doing a public announcement, which is pertinent to our country, especially now. News has becomes important and being up to date what's going on is the trend.

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post

Categories

Followers