Discussion on Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality

Click on this link to watch a video explaining Net Neutrality. You will need to do some additional research to answer the following questions. Click here for another resource about the “hot topic”. or find an article on your own. Best if completed by Saturday of the week.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 on February 26, 2015 to approve reclassifying fixed and wireless Internet service providers (ISPs) as telecommunications providers, not information services. That means ISPs will now be regulated, similar to phone companies, under much stronger legal authority granted by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A lot has changed since then. Complete the following:

• What is “net neutrality?”
• Summarize your article
• What major groups are in favor of this reclassification?
• What major groups are not in favor of this reclassification?
• How will the current laws affect individuals, businesses, and the country as a whole?
• Remember to cite your reference at the end and include a matching in-text citation. (See my example below). Use 3rd person (no I, we, you, etc.
• Use Netiquette and proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. APA format require