Net neutrality- People Vs Service providers
Technology
is a wonderful thing but we are seldom comfortable with the tech lingo that is
used. NET NEUTRALITY! The air smells of this term, the social media sites are
flooded with the posts related to this, the news channels are also broadcasting
about this. But how many of us really know what this actually means? In fact,
even if we know, we do not completely understand the implications of this. Or
do we?
What is NET NEUTRALITY?
Heard
about “Open Internet”? Well, yes, Net neutrality is just an alias for open
internet. Open Internet stands for the same speeds for data exchange for
everyone on the internet. Every system is treated equally and given the same
preference as everyone else on the internet. It is like standing in a queue
waiting for your turn. Now, let’s move on to US. Comcast and Verizon are the
leading ISPs (Internet Service Provider) of the US. They have introduced a bill
in the US parliament for breaking the internet into two parts- fast lane and
slow lane, which means those websites that are willing to pay extra for high
speed internet will transmit data on high speed servers while all the others
will be left in the cold on the slow servers.
