Net Neutrality

In today’s high tech world, net neutrality is an important topic. The idea behind net neutrality is that content on the internet should be accessible and equal. The idea is that internet service providers should not be able to limit the types of content that its customers access once on the internet. Internet service providers would like to be able to regulate the types of sites that their customers go to. The idea is that would then be able to charge more for what they deem as premium internet content. Molly Wood, editor at CNET, says that Internet service providers would then be able to charge users for premium content like streaming Netflix or playing online games (CBS, 2010). In an article written for Home Media Magazine, even President Obama is quoted as being in favor of net neutrality. He states that, “An open Internet is essential to the American economy and increasingly to our very way of life,” (Gruenwedel & Latchem, 2014)

References
CBS. (2010, December 22). What Net Neutrality Means For You. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxz7PYlFvdI&feature=fvst

Gruenwedel, E., & Latchem, J. (2014, November 24). Net Neutrality: A Political and Econimic Tug of War. Home Media Magazine, 36(29), 2. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.db24.linccweb.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=6cdc1018-83ff-44e6-8d91-d38d347221c0%40sessionmgr113&vid=12&hid=126&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bft&AN=99659622

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