Disadvantages of Network Neutrality
- Nobody is paying for the information: Users only pay for the service—not the data they use—when net neutrality is in place. In 2018, video streaming services accounted for 57% of global bandwidth usage. It’s possible that users with lower bandwidth usage are reluctant to pay for the infrastructure required to enable high-bandwidth operations.
- Illegal material is easily accessible: Illegal, harmful, and offensive content is easily accessible to anyone and is challenging to delete. ISPs can more easily filter harmful information when net neutrality is removed, but this is not the same as censorship.
- ISPs cannot invest in new infrastructure if they are unable to raise the price at which they offer their services. Large volumes of data are used under net neutrality without costing anything; this money might be utilised to extend the high-speed network to more rural locations.
- Gruelling rule from the government: The Federal Communications Commission is required by net neutrality laws to keep an eye on how well the ISPs are adhering to these regulations. For ISPs of all sizes, this entails filing reports twice a year, which may get expensive.
- Without it, the internet can innovate: A lot of advancements happened when net neutrality laws weren’t in effect. Additionally, some opponents of net neutrality contend that in the absence of net neutrality, the internet expanded significantly and there were comparatively few wrongdoings.
What is Network Neutrality?
We all must have heard the term ‘Net Neutrality‘ but only a few of us would know about it. When we go online we expect to be connected to whatever website we want and to have access to whatever content we want. In other words, we expect that our internet service provider isn’t messing with the data and is connecting us to all websites, applications, and content we choose.