Hype Around Net Neutrality
Lately as I have been browsing through social media, I keep seeing the mention of net neutrality. On Instagram lots of large account have been posting about it, and it is also mentioned quite a lot in the featured Snapchat stories. This has led me to wonder more about what net neutrality is and why it's such a big deal right now. On Snapchat, I have read a little bit about it but not enough to fully understand it. Essentially what net neutrality ensures is that internet service providers give all sites equal speeds and don't favor certain sites over others. It seems as if this would be fair, but arguably some sites with more traffic might benefit from faster speeds. This has stirred quite a controversy, because the changes in net neutrality could somehow cost users money. Because I didn't fully understand this I decided to do some research, because it seems as if this whole net neutrality thing could affect me directly. A quick google search led me to some findings, I rea...