What is your stance on Net Neutrality?

Question

This week could be a poignant moment in net neutrality. What are your beliefs?

Answer 1

I believe it should be neutral, I mean that's what Internet is all about; neutrality, democracy, freedom of speech.

Answer 2

I want rich people to take away my rights, my living wage and my internet access. YAY!!

Answer 3

It's a must for our times. Linking all people to all other people is the essence of global communication.

Answer 4

The Internet is like television in the sense that it is one of the most powerful tools ever created for people learning and the dissemination of information. Unfortunately when you talk about limiting either of those tools in some ways you then also limit their ability to do that as well maybe. So the fewer controls the better but some controls are needed I think. Hence the need for net neutrality but also that being tempered with some controls or limitations like the current question of plastic guns and 3D printing and the ability for someone to manufacture their own unregistered and unlicensed firearm and the inability to trace that weapon much in any way.

Porn is another area where there are currently some controls and I think those are indeed needed. In spite of things like those I mentioned and the controls surrounding them I support net neutrality and the main idea behind it which is to help establish and keep access to the internet as much as possible equal to all and that not being impeded by personal and business interests for the sake of financial gain.

Answer 5

I don't see a problem with paying extra for a streaming service so you can watch your movies without buffering, but we don't want private companies deciding on which sites you will see and which you will not.

Answer 6

The only people who are against it either just don't understand what it means or they stand to profit from it. It is just such a simple concept.

Answer 7

cant stop it we lose?

Answer 8

We need Net Neutrality (the principle that ISP's and cable companies must treat all data the same) because without it cable companies will throttle websites that don't pay, make fast lanes expensive, block websites that are competitors against them, and make "paid packages" (for things like social media, games, etc), and charge international fees for sites that originated in the USA.

Answer 9

I am all for Net Neutrality because it is about access to information as well as it being able to load as quickly if I access Breibart as CNN or MSNBC and FOX

A lot of people talk about it stifling innovation and not being able to "expand into rural areas because of regulation" this has nothing to do with net neutrality as oftentimes a telecom company looks at internet access there as a liability because of the expanse of infrastructure that would have to be laid since the population is more of a sparse nature

Net Neutrality has existed since the Internet has, and though it wasn't formal rules, it was understood to be such

Ajit Pai knows that he will have a rough time defending his position. As Internet speech is free speech (which has exceptions like all speech)

Answer 10

Leave Internet alone! otherwise there will be increased costs pushed out to companies. Costs will go up for startups. The big guys will win because they can pay for fast lines.Not happy about it!