Net neutrality is the argument that internet service providers (ISPs) should not have the right to charge different prices for different web usage. With net neutrality, internet users pay a set base price for internet access each month. But without net neutrality, this system would be replaced with something more complicated. For example, an ISP might charge five dollars a month for checking email and ten dollars a month for video streaming services. Advocates of an open and free internet support net neutrality to prevent ISPs from charging varied prices for separate internet services.
“The internet is the single greatest technological innovation of our time,” says Blaine Stevens, creator of Keep It Free, a blog dedicated to keeping the internet an open source. “Allowing corporations to dictate and manipulate what people can read and watch goes against the entire philosophy behind the internet.” Stevens believes that these restrictions will lead to corporate control of the internet.
Aaron Howard of the non-profit Institute for the Study of Net Neutrality disagrees. “Net neutrality does not actually help the internet become a more competitive market,” Howard explains. “Charging everyone the same price for different services is not a fair practice.” Howard argues that ISPs have always charged varied prices for the internet, allowing for a diversity of services. “Competition between ISPs in the free market will always create the most competitive price. Whoever offers the best service for the best price in a free market gets the customer's business. In the end, the customer wins because of competition.”
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