COM125 Assignment: Network Neutrality

Network Neutrality is basically a reactant to major companies wanting to monitor the usage of the Internet within all computers under their networks. It’s the principle where major companies, such as AT&T will takeover the Internet, and make it act like cable TV. That is just plain ridiculous. In my opinion, Companies trying to take over the internet will never occur and the efforts of the major companies will all go to waste. However, we can see what would happen if network neutrality did not exist. For example, the new iPhone can only be used under the AT&T network. So that would mean, in order to use this new gadget, you would have to be subscribed under AT&T. While you are under their network, they have the ability to monitor you at all times.
The current debate over network neutrality is, would it be beneficial or would it mean the end of the Internet? Due to the facts of Internet monitoring, if network neutrality didn’t exist, we would all be in trouble. All the internet users, especially online business owners would crash and be forced to go bankrupt. Network neutrality is essential to the Internet at the moment.





Through network neutrality, the major companies and the people who use the Internet are at stake. If the major companies go through with their plan (which will never succeed) they would practically be taking over the world. For many people, the Internet is the mainframe of their daily lives. If they take over, our rights would be infringed upon.

Trying to control Internet usage, and trying to limit what we can do and what we cannot, is violating to our own lives.

I support network neutrality. I use the Internet in public settings daily. If that were taken away from me, I would feel like I’ve been stripped and manipulated.