Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality Jacob Maslow - StreetWiseJournal.com.
go to original February 15, 2015

The FCC and Internet service providers are fighting for control over how you surf the Web. (NationalJournal)

One of the biggest debates in the United States currently as far as the Internet is concerned is net neutrality. There are two competing visions about the future of the Internet in the United States and beyond. It really all depends on how you view the Internet and how it works.

On the one hand, you have the private carrier model. According to this model, the Internet is controlled by the actual companies that own the pipes that carry the data. According to this view, if content producers or content networks are abusing the pipes by taking up too much of their load, they should pay more or otherwise work with the owners of the pipe to ensure that everybody has equal access to the Internet. This is a utilitarian argument. The argument is that by better managing load distribution, the Internet can be more accessible and perform at optimal levels.

The other side of the equation is that it doesn’t matter who owns the pipe. What matters is that there is an equal playing field for content access to the hardware that delivers the data. This is the utility school of thought.

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