Net neutrality was an issue I had no idea was happening until this fall. I wish I had known about this before my roommate went internet/phone/satellite utility shopping. Now I am stuck with Bell who noticeably throttles my internet speeds, and gives me shitty satellite saturated with duplicate shows and PPV channels. I actually was forced to upgrade my internet connection in order to make room for bandwidth usage. It is ridiculous how much we pay for the internet to experience slow speeds, and also charge me for bandwidth usage. It seems they are double charging.
After reading a lot of the articles about bell, and postings on saveournet.ca and michaeilgeist.ca I still don’t fully understand the net neutrality debate. It needs to be clear what consumers pay for when they pay for the internet from their ISPs, what justifies these extra costs AND throttling.
Bell argues that video streaming and downloading from sites such as YouTube is responsible for massive bandwidth allocation, and I am wondering if Google pays for the internet like I do. I love my internet NOW, but I had to spend more money, and I think that’s exactly what Bell wants. Why doesn’t Google pay for this? I mean they are making millions of a search engine, its ridiculous when you think about it. Type a word in and” wahlah,” you are connected to a section of the web.
If this situation gets worse I will place my faith in the internet’s replacement. If the internet isn’t working, technology will progress. Check my link out for “the grid,” internet’s proposed replacement.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece
Will technology solve net neutrality debate? I think so
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