NET NEUTRALITY AND THE TECH GIANTS Dylan Lee Curtis Sung
NET NEUTRALITY AND THE
TECH GIANTSDylan Lee
Curtis Sung
What is Net Neutrality? The concept of an
“Open” Internet Equal representation for
all content providers (websites)
Transferring information without bias
• It has basically been this way since the inception of the internet• Sounds good, right?
So…Why is this a problem? People are using more
internet now than ever before
Netflix accounts for ~30% of internet capacity at peak hours
ISPs (Time Warner, Comcast) want to charge content providers (Netflix, Youtube) for using so much of the internet
ISPs have to work harder now more than ever to sustain their network infrastructure.
Which side are you on?
To understand the internet, imagine a highway
Companies started making money using the internet, but the internet providers weren’t getting a piece of
the pie
The principle of net neutrality has already been broken on several occasions.
Verizon sued the FCC and won back in 2013
ISPs Reasons against Net Neutrality
Internet service providers are advocates for free enterprise (NO REGULATION) the government should not micro-manage internet
providers’ business. Some data is more important than other data
and should be prioritized. FedEx & Amazon example
Reasons For Net Neutrality
Advocates claim "we risk loss of the free flow and exchange of ideas central to our democracy"
Internet providers shouldn't be the ones to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable content; their role is simply to transfer information without bias.
If Net Neutrality loses…
Whatsapp is used for messaging, what if AT&T made sure whatsapp didn’t have internet access through their system?
Comcast owns NBC, they could give priority to NBC’s stream over Netflix. How many people would be willing to pay an extra $10 for Netflix?
FCC Ruling
In February 16, 2015 the FCC voted 3-2 on party lines to approve strong rules to protect net neutrality, a landmark decision that was widely supported by the American public.
Tom Wheeler
Porter’s Five Forces For ISPs
Threat of New Entrants
Buyer Power
Supplier Power
Threat to Substitute Products
Rivalry Among Existing Competitors
Questions, Comments, Concerns?
Sources
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/net-neutrality-fcc_5600431be4b0fde8b0cf20b3
http://www.law360.com/articles/705679/tech-giants-advocacy-groups-defend-fcc-net-neutrality
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/technology/in-net-neutrality-debate-tech-giants-on-the-sidelines.html?_r=0
http://www.thelocal.de/20141204/merkel-speaks-out-against-net-neutrality
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/09/28/net-neutrality-could-become-the-biggest-face-off-on-corporate-speech-since-citizens-united/
http://consumerist.com/2015/09/18/fcc-net-neutrality-doesnt-violate-internet-service-providers-first-amendment-rights/
http://magazine.viterbi.usc.edu/spring-2015-2/editorial/net-neutrality-and-the-future-of-the-internet/
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/steven_elbow/q-a-barry-orton-if-net-neutrality-fails-internet-users/article_b1b01c93-a985-5ab9-8769-2f9c77f08677.html
http://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-what-you-need-know-now http://www.cs.columbia.edu/2014/net-neutrality/