The Pros And Cons Of Network Neutrality

In this day and age, the internet is accessible for just about anyone, anywhere and is being used all the time. The internet has an incredible amount of different uses and it provides a place where people, regardless of who they are, have equal access to information. There is an issue that has come up, that would jeopardize this ability. Internet service providers want to put blocks on certain things, allowing them to have control what their customers can access online. Giving Internet service providers this power would create numerous issues and take away the equality and accessibility of the internet. Network neutrality is an important part of today’s world and it needs to be continued in order to keep the internet an accessible global network. …show more content…
Once there became a noticeable increase in people using the internet for things like video and audio streaming, gaming, and file-sharing, the internet service providers decided that they were losing revenue because people were able to do all these things and share their internet connection with neighbors. The service providers were concerned about losing money so they started placing blocks so that people could not do or access certain things. They see it as saving their businesses, but in all actuality it may be ruining their business (Bocache). These blocks would mess with consumer’s freedom to access internet content of their choice and to run applications of their choice (Bocache). People are willing and already pay money to be able to use the internet, but they may not be is service providers continue to restrict their