Net Neutrality is a current hot topic in the news these days. NPR (National Public Radio) has run several stories on the issue and it is being discussed regularly in political debates. Before we talk about what net neutrality is, let’s get those wheels turning.
Imagine your neighbor down the street is streaming tv shows from Hulu.com. You are trying to Skype (teleconference) with a classmate about an important project you have due tomorrow. Your Internet is not making this easy…the video keeps going in and out and the audio is breaking up. Essentially, you are sharing your broadband Internet with your neighbors, and because your neighbor is streaming videos, you can’t get your project done. Is this fair?
Net neutrality proposes that all Internet access, no matter what it is, should be treated equally. Students, doctors, lawyers, and other people who may need the Internet for what some consider to be more important reasons will have the same Internet access as those who are playing on the Internet watching funny videos, playing games, streaming music, etc. for hours on end.
What do you think of net neutrality? Should our government impose rules that allow some Internet content to be prioritized over other content? Is net neutrality fair? Why or why not?
Ms. Computer Teacher's Blog 
November 30, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I am for net neutrality. Because the goverment should not have the power to decide what sites are more important. The goverments opinon is different from others. All websites should be equal.
November 30, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I am against net neutrality. If you are at school, and some person that has a very popular porn website that takes away from your speed and things from you. That is unfair to a lot of people. It is an evil thing to put people that take care of the internet that they use. Most people use the internet poorly. They treat it like crap! They shouldn’t! The internet is a privilege, not an expectation for you to have. This is what I think about the net neutrality and how it is not fair! 😀
November 30, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I think that it could be divided, because I like to listen to music and watch videos on the internet but if I’m trying to work on a project and my neighbor is doing something that isn’t really that important and it is slowing me down then i think that it is unfair. I guess that I am against it because i think that some things on the internat are alot more important than others, and if someone is just playing games on the computer is a lot less important than someone working on a project
November 30, 2010 at 2:48 pm
i am against it because i dont understand why you want keep it equal and balanced. it like for instance facebook and twitter. or youtube and a docters office site.
November 30, 2010 at 2:44 pm
i think that the net neutrality is unfair. what if there was like someone dyeing and they needed to web chat someone and some guy across the street is downloading a vido game
November 30, 2010 at 2:46 pm
and he cant do it because that berson is slowing down the server? that would be bad.
November 30, 2010 at 2:44 pm
both .. i think that its eqaul. there are somethings that are for you, and somethings that are not. thats thats what i think about it!!! and some people use internet for nothing!!
November 30, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I am for neutrality. Everyone is entitled to the internet. The only reason that someone should be able to control the internet if the person that is going to control the internet owns the server that they are going to control.
November 30, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I am against net neutrality certain things are not important. the problem is how can you be sure something is not prioritized without going through the files and affecting peoples privacy. for example a grandmother who is recovering from surgery so she can’t fly to see her grandchilds birth wants to skype to se it is that priority?
November 30, 2010 at 2:42 pm
yes we should have internet neutrality. i find that it is a major role in the internet. It is a very big deal.
November 30, 2010 at 2:41 pm
i am against net neutrality. people that waste their time on the internet doing unnecessary things dont need fast internet. people that have work that needs to be done in a small amount of time deserve faster internet.
November 30, 2010 at 2:40 pm
i am for net neutrality. even thought some websites might be more important than others, they still have an important role to play. for instance;Face book. Face book might not be an educational website but you can still get plenty of information off of it. this is my opinion.
November 30, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I am against net neutrality. I am against it because some things are more important than others! What if me and my friend had a huge project to take care of and my neighbor was watching Youtube videos! I think that they should make some websites more important than others!
November 30, 2010 at 2:39 pm
i AM FOR NET NUTRALITY. BECAUCE I THINK IT SHOULD BE ALL EQUAL. WHY SHOULDN’T IT ALL BE EQUAL?
November 30, 2010 at 2:39 pm
I am for net neutrality. I think that everything should be treated fairly. Treat every website like you want the website to treat you. Gaming is as important as business.
November 30, 2010 at 2:38 pm
OKAY. I AM FOR NET NEUTRALITY. I THINK ALL WEBSITES SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY. NO SITE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.
November 30, 2010 at 2:13 pm
i think it really isnt fair to have “net neutrality.”
i should have just as much prioraty as a doctor to use the internet.
November 30, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Net neutrality is a good thing. No one deserves to have their Internet restricted because someone has decided that how they’re using it is “less important” than how someone else is using it.
November 23, 2010 at 2:50 pm
im against net neutrality. i think that if you have something important to do that you should be able to do it at a reasonable rate of speed. that is why im against net neutrality.
November 23, 2010 at 2:43 pm
I am aginstit it
November 23, 2010 at 2:42 pm
I am with it we should be able to use the internet freely whenever and however we want.
November 23, 2010 at 2:41 pm
we need internet that every one can use equally and that we can all get the same internet because i don’t want to wait 2 hours for one youtube video or facebook chat to load.
November 23, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I’m with Net Neutrality, because we should all have access to the internet with the same quality speed.
November 23, 2010 at 2:40 pm
thats a good idea share the internet respect others time
November 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I like this idea!!!!!!!!!! ❤
November 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I am against Net Neutrality because some websites are bigger better faster and more popular than others!
November 23, 2010 at 2:37 pm
i think netrality b/c buisness people need to get paid $$$$$$
November 23, 2010 at 2:36 pm
i dont think it is fair if you are trying to do a importent project and you cant do it because some one is downloading a movie.
November 23, 2010 at 2:36 pm
i think you shouldnt have to share but if you think hard about it, Net neutrality is a good actually a fare way to share. It might be hard to share but in the long run it will help everyone.
November 23, 2010 at 2:36 pm
i agrree with net neutrality because i dont think anyone should hav the internet over me or anyone else.
November 23, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Im all for net neutrality. I think everyone one should be treated equally because its fair and net neutrality will make everything easier.
November 23, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I am Definatly for Net Newtrality bacause i feel that all websites should be created equally.
November 23, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I think its a good thing that there is net nutrally everybody should be equal
November 23, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I think this idea is good! This is good because everyone should be able to be equal so i am for net neutrality!
November 23, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I don’t think we should have net neutrality. Some things are honestly more important than others and some things that are done on the internet really shouldn’t be done.
November 22, 2010 at 1:03 pm
I think that the government should not be allowed to controll the internet.
November 22, 2010 at 12:58 pm
I don’t really know what I think about net neutrality. I guess its okay
November 22, 2010 at 12:55 pm
i think you should be able to have your own intenet connection. of you have somebody playing a game and then you have to do some sort of project through the internet you will get very mad and tired of your neighbors making it hard for you to do work.
November 22, 2010 at 12:47 pm
You should be able to have your own internet connection. If you had to do something very important and you cant do that it can be very irritatinhg. Sharing is something that many people dont like doing.
November 22, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Well, it seems okay. Net neutrality should be prominent, so everyone has the same rights and abilities on the Internet.
November 22, 2010 at 12:46 pm
this article is very intriguing. i have to say i am for net neutrality. no matter what that person ids doing whether it is from playing games or talking to there doctor by web cam. to them it is important so they should get an equal amount of speed. so I’m basically for net neutrality:]
November 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm
yes i am against this
November 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm
i don’t think this is fair because if you are doing something important on the computer related to work or school i think that you need to get in done…while your neighbor is downloading videos and listening to music
November 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Well you should share the internet because there are other people that have other websites that are equally shared so i disagree with this….
November 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm
i am against nn because there are websites tht are more important thn others
November 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I am against net neutrality. I don’t think that my internet should be slowed down just because someone is trying to chat with their doctor. Net neutrality is stupid. My internet is fast enough and I don’t need anyone slowing it down.
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November 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Not fair!! We should be able to do what we want when we want. why in the world does it matter to them!?! This is how i feel!x)
November 22, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I am against net neutrality. I think it would be unfair if a Person who was trying to find out if he had cancer was being slowed down by some perv. Not Cool!
November 22, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I hate the i idea of having the government controll our internet! >:@
November 22, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I feal that net neutrality is constitutional and that if we did not have net neutrality then it would be unconstitutional.
November 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm
you spelled “feel” wrong…haha
November 22, 2010 at 12:46 pm
nice harrison. you spelled it WRONGGGG. its FEEL. not FEAL.
November 22, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I am for net neutrality its not fair that some websites are categorized as not important as others
November 22, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I do not like this. I think that we should have complete control over what we do and how fast we do it.
November 22, 2010 at 12:42 pm
I am for this. if you need to get stuff thats very important now, and theres a kid next door playing on xbox live while downloading a movie, you shouldnt be limited to how fast your internet is
November 22, 2010 at 12:41 pm
You can deal with your own neighbors. You also can just e-mail, text, or facebook the person you need to talk to.
November 22, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I don’t know if i am for net neutrality or agenst it. It depends because i want it to be fast for when i am doing home work but i also want it to be fast when playing games.
November 19, 2010 at 2:50 pm
this is not fair. what if me and my project partner were turning our project in tomorrow amd my neighbor was playing music on pandora music or something…
November 19, 2010 at 2:44 pm
I understand what this site is doing now and im really not for it now its not fair for thets say a teacher trying to look up research then someone playing a game i dont really see who woud be for this cite.
November 19, 2010 at 2:42 pm
I think people that are working hard need more internet space. People that are just playing games, watching videos, etc. don’t need the internet as much as those who are actually getting things done.
November 19, 2010 at 2:41 pm
no, we should have complete control on what i want to do.
November 19, 2010 at 2:41 pm
i think that some web sites should be mor important than ohers
November 19, 2010 at 2:41 pm
im not sure how i feel it about but I think that people should do they things that they want to do in the computer without having the internet to go out with some people that really need the computer for work like for school or for work and not having the other people that only used the computer to watch videos or lisent to music and make the internet slow down for the person that is using the internet for a important thing and and dont slow down the internet for the only person
November 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I am against net nutrallity
November 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I do not like net neutrality
November 19, 2010 at 2:39 pm
I am half and half on net neutrality. If a doctor is sending very important information and they are on the same internet access as us they should be able to do that. I don’t think though that different websites would be easier to get to than others.
November 19, 2010 at 2:39 pm
their should be two seperate broadband widths for business and another for video games and other less important stuff.
November 19, 2010 at 2:37 pm
there should not be net neutrality should not be allowed. if a doctor needs to get someone in Alaska to go get a pill that will save there life then they need to do that. i would rather have my brothers life saved then some little teenage dummy look at porn for hours. this is were i stand on this topic
November 19, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I think that net neutrality can be divided. It can be good because all content would be equal and that is good in the US. But alot of doctors and lawyers can use the internet too, and they might need to get on faster than others. I don’t like waiting, but having priority is not fun either
November 19, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Im not sure of evan what this is
November 19, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Net neutrality is really bad. Why would you want someone that is on you tube for hours and while they are up on the computer you are losing your computer time because yours is going slow.
November 19, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I believe that someone who’s trying to save a life has a higher priority than someone who’s playing a video game, but I admit that I find the idea of my freedom on the internet being limited to be irritating. So, I say that there should be no net neutrality, but I say it a little grudgingly…
November 19, 2010 at 2:35 pm
i dont think this is fair. I say that because you shouldnt done the project earlier and if some-one wants to watch videos then they should watch it. But it would get irritating if the phone kept losing signal….
November 19, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Im not really sure how callie found this website but congragulations, her comment is very useful, understanding, and really makes sense. I look forward to what she might say next.
November 19, 2010 at 2:34 pm
im not realy shur but i think if i get in there first then my neighbor who is a docter
gets on i think he shuld wait because i was there first if he is on there first then i should have to wait.
November 19, 2010 at 2:33 pm
this is good. i like this alot. We need to have the good stuff high. The bad stuff should not be high in the list
November 19, 2010 at 2:32 pm
There should defiantly be net neutrality. It is a lot more important for working people to work instead of kids playing video games.
November 19, 2010 at 2:28 pm
You should not have to share you internet should be shared. We all have things that are considered important to each of ourselves. We should all be able to be equally use the internet so that we can all get things done that we need done. If someone is trying to do a project that is more important than a perv who is looking at dirty pictures so i am more important than that person. So I think Net Neutrality is jank.