41 Facts About Network neutrality

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Proponents of net Network neutrality, which include computer science experts, consumer advocates, human rights organizations, and Internet content providers, assert that net Network neutrality helps to provide freedom of information exchange, promotes competition and innovation for Internet services, and upholds standardization of Internet data transmission which was essential for its growth.

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Net Network neutrality is administered on a national or regional basis, though much of the world's focus has been on the conflict over net Network neutrality in the United States.

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Net Network neutrality rules were repealed in the US in 2017 during the Trump administration and subsequent appeals have upheld the ruling.

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Network neutrality is the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.

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Net Network neutrality is the principle that an internet service provider has to provide access to all sites, content and applications at the same speed, under the same conditions without blocking or giving preference to any content.

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Device neutrality is the principle that in order to ensure freedom of choice and freedom of communication for users of network-connected devices, it is not sufficient that network operators do not interfere with their choices and activities; users must be free to use applications of their choice and hence remove the applications they do not want.

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Proponents of net Network neutrality argue that without new regulations, Internet service providers would be able to profit from and favor their own private protocols over others.

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The argument for net Network neutrality is that ISPs would be able to pick and choose who they offer a greater bandwidth to.

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Pro-net Network neutrality arguments have noted that regulations are necessary due to research that has shown low tolerance to slow-loading content providers.

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Legal enforcement of net Network neutrality principles takes a variety of forms, from provisions that outlaw anti-competitive blocking and "throttling" of Internet services, all the way to legal enforcement that prevents companies from subsidizing Internet use on particular sites.

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Much of the conflict over net Network neutrality arises from how Internet services are classified by the Federal Communications Commission under authority of the Communications Act of 1934.

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California has successfully passed its own net Network neutrality act, which the United States Department of Justice challenged on a legal basis.

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Net Network neutrality in Canada is a debated issue in that nation, but not to the degree of partisanship in other nations such as the United States in part because of its federal regulatory structure and pre-existing supportive laws that were enacted decades before the debate arose.

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The regulations are considered to be the "world's strongest" net Network neutrality rules, guaranteeing free and open Internet for nearly half a billion people, and are expected to help the culture of startups and innovation.

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Proponents of net Network neutrality regulations include consumer advocates, human rights organizations such as Article 19, online companies and some technology companies.

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Individuals who support net neutrality include World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, Vinton Cerf, Lawrence Lessig, Robert W McChesney, Steve Wozniak, Susan P Crawford, Marvin Ammori, Ben Scott, David Reed, and former U S President Barack Obama.

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Network neutrality concludes that the principles responsible for making the Internet such a success would be fundamentally undermined were broadband carriers given the ability to affect what people see and do online.

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Proponents of net Network neutrality argue that a neutral net will foster free speech and lead to further democratic participation on the Internet.

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Network neutrality calls net neutrality the "First Amendment issue of our time".

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Proponents of net Network neutrality invoke the human psychological process of adaptation where when people get used to something better, they would not ever want to go back to something worse.

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Net Network neutrality advocates argue that allowing cable companies the right to demand a toll to guarantee quality or premium delivery would create an exploitative business model based on the ISPs position as gatekeepers.

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Proponents of net Network neutrality argue that allowing for preferential treatment of Internet traffic, or tiered service, would put newer online companies at a disadvantage and slow innovation in online services.

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Net neutrality advocates have sponsored legislation claiming that authorizing incumbent network providers to override transport and application layer separation on the Internet would signal the decline of fundamental Internet standards and international consensus authority.

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Network neutrality believes that it is unlikely that new investment will be made to lay special networks for particular websites to reach end-users faster.

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Rather, he believes that non-net Network neutrality will involve leveraging quality of service to extract remuneration from websites that want to avoid being slowed down.

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Some advocates say network neutrality is needed in order to maintain the end-to-end principle.

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Opponents of net Network neutrality regulations include Internet service providers, broadband and telecommunications companies, computer hardware manufacturers, economists, and notable technologists.

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Nobel Prize laureate economists who oppose net Network neutrality rules include Princeton economist Angus Deaton, Chicago economist Richard Thaler, MIT economist Bengt Holmstrom, and the late Chicago economist Gary Becker.

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Computer scientist Bob Kahn has said net Network neutrality is a slogan that would freeze innovation in the core of the Internet.

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Network neutrality joined academic colleagues Michael Katz, Christopher Yoo, and Gerald Faulhaber in an op-ed for The Washington Post strongly critical of network neutrality, essentially stating that while the Internet is in need of remodeling, congressional action aimed at protecting the best parts of the current Internet could interfere with efforts to build a replacement.

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Opponents of net Network neutrality argue that prioritization of bandwidth is necessary for future innovation on the Internet.

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Opponents say that net neutrality would make it more difficult for Internet service providers and other network operators to recoup their investments in broadband networks.

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Should scrapping of net Network neutrality regulations precipitate a price drop for lower levels of access, or access to only certain protocols, for instance, such would make Internet usage more adaptable to the needs of those individuals and corporations who specifically seek differentiated tiers of service.

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Opponents argue that net Network neutrality regulations prevent service providers from providing more affordable Internet access to those who can't afford it.

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Advocates of net Network neutrality have proposed several methods to implement a net neutral Internet that includes a notion of quality-of-service:.

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Network neutrality argues legislation should ban the charging of fees for any quality of service, which would both allow networks to implement quality of service as well as remove any incentive to abuse net neutrality ideas.

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Network neutrality argues that since implementing quality of service does not require any additional costs versus a non-QoS network, there is no reason implementing quality of service should entail any additional fees.

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Net Network neutrality supporters had made several comments on the FCC website opposing plans to remove net Network neutrality, especially after a segment by John Oliver regarding this topic was aired on his show Last Week Tonight.

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Network neutrality urged his viewers to comment on the FCC's website, and the flood of comments that were received crashed the FCC's website, with the resulting media coverage of the incident inadvertently helping it to reach greater audiences.

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The Congressional Review Act paperwork was filed on 9 May 2018, which allowed the Senate to vote on the permanence of the new net Network neutrality rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission.

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In March 2019, congressional supporters of net Network neutrality introduced the Save the Internet Act in both the House and Senate, which if passed would reverse the FCC's 2017 repeal of net Network neutrality protections.

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