Net Neutrality
It's 2am and I'd really like to go to sleep. However, I ran across another net neutrality news story on here and thought I'd get on here and do some ranting. However, not much ranting since I'm ready for bed.
For those that don't know, net neutrality is a good thing. It is how the internet is right now. Major internet service providers (ISP's) such as Comcast and AT&T would like to throttle websites, like Google, from being delivered at full speed unless they pay extra for that speed. The ISP's reasoning is they paid the money to build the networks that internet traffic flows on, and websites shouldn't get a free ride to use the network. (See consequences of no net neutrality here) However, the US government gave these companies around $200 billion to build/update their networks in order to get better speeds to their customers. We still do not see the speeds that we should have compared to other developed countries (6.0mbps goes for $43/mo here while 50mbps goes for $18/mo in Japan). This begs the question: What did they spend the government subsidy on, and why are we still paying an arm and a leg for subpar service?
This website is a great resource for learning more about net neutrality and what you can do to preserve it. Hopefully people won't let this just slide by. I'm going to leave you with a video from The Daily Show, which shows just how stupid the government officials regulating the internet are.
For those that don't know, net neutrality is a good thing. It is how the internet is right now. Major internet service providers (ISP's) such as Comcast and AT&T would like to throttle websites, like Google, from being delivered at full speed unless they pay extra for that speed. The ISP's reasoning is they paid the money to build the networks that internet traffic flows on, and websites shouldn't get a free ride to use the network. (See consequences of no net neutrality here) However, the US government gave these companies around $200 billion to build/update their networks in order to get better speeds to their customers. We still do not see the speeds that we should have compared to other developed countries (6.0mbps goes for $43/mo here while 50mbps goes for $18/mo in Japan). This begs the question: What did they spend the government subsidy on, and why are we still paying an arm and a leg for subpar service?
This website is a great resource for learning more about net neutrality and what you can do to preserve it. Hopefully people won't let this just slide by. I'm going to leave you with a video from The Daily Show, which shows just how stupid the government officials regulating the internet are.
