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Network Neutrality
By Ema Woodward, Phil Denny, &
Scott Harrison
What is Network Neutrality?
• Network neutrality is a principle which
proposes that there should be no restrictions
with regards to user access networks
• This means no restrictions on content, sites,
equipment being used, modes of
communication, etc.
• Also, if two users are paying for the same level
of access, then they should be able to connect
to each other at that level
History
• Since the early 2000s, net neutrality
supporters have argued against the ability for
broadband providers to block applications and
content
• In recent years, net neutrality has been up for
debate, especially in the U.S.
Advocate for Net Neutrality
• Network Neutrality guarantees that the
internet continues to be free and open
• If cable companies were able to control what
people did on the internet, it would cripple
everything that made the internet a success
• Network Neutrality is needed to maintain the
end-to-end principle
Criticisms of Net Neutrality
• There will be a need to limit the bandwidth
usage, as the amount of bandwidth decreases
• Payback for what cable and phone companies
spent millions of dollars to create.
• Different corporations may want different
levels of service
Our Opinion
Sources
• Uhls, Anna (19 April 2007). "Digital Divide: The
Issue of Net Neutrality". Imprint Magazine.
http://www.imprintmagazine.org/life_and_style/
digital_divide_issue_net_neutrality. Retrieved
2010-2-22.
• Wu, Tim (2003). "Network Neutrality, Broadband
Discrimination". Journal of Telecommunications
and High Technology Law Retrieved 2010-2-22.
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