Its neutrality internet is dead.
At least that's the verdict of the United States District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, heard today by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The principles of net neutrality generally provide that the management of the network by providers should be transparent, and that ISPs may not engage in practices that block, obstruct or discriminate against websites, services or various protocols movements on the Internet.
This is the story in a few words and without being, served with a bunch of acronyms (FCC, ISP, etc.). But why should you worry about abolishing the neutrality of the internet?
1. If network neutrality no longer exists it means that providers will be able to discriminate against the content they dislike. Perhaps this does not seem worrying to you, but think of a website that you visit often does not like.
Each of us accesses the Internet from an Internet service provider - such as OTE, HOL, VODAFONE, WIND, CYTA and others. According to the principles of neutrality, providers should treat all content on the internet in the same way. They do not have, say, the right to slow down a website because they may have been paid by a competitor. (You may not care as entanglement does not thrive in Greece)
2. If there are no longer the neutrality principles, providers will be able to force websites to pay to have faster lines for content delivery.
3. Without the principles of web neutrality, small businesses, small blogs and small websites that will not have to pay will begin to disappear. If providers get the power to accept payments to provide faster loading times for a website, all small and personal websites will suffer from a slow delivery of content.
4. Without the principles of internet neutrality, whole online πρωτόκολλα και services, όπως το Netflix, κινδυνεύουν.
Let's say BitTorrent is a very popular service for millions of people, it may suddenly stop working, or it may not work the way you knew it did. How; Quite simply because providers who have "taken" them from various copyright companies decide to stop peer-to-peer, or all online streaming video.
5. Without the neutrality of the network, your providers can earn even more money without providing improved services.
Αυτή τη στιγμή, οι ευρυζωνικές συνδέσεις είναι αρκετά αργές. Είναι αργές γιατί οι πάροχοι , κερδίζουν ήδη αρκετά χρήματα με τις αργές, και με χαμηλότερη ποιότητα Internet. Όμως το ίδιο ισχύει για όλους τους Έλληνες. Σκεφτείτε να δώσουν λίγο (πολύ λίγο) υψηλότερη ποιότητα Internet, σε αυτούς που τα “σκάνε” και να αφήσουν την υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα με χωρίς υπηρεσία, ή με υπηρεσίες χαμηλότερης quality.
Now that net neutrality will cease to exist, providers will be able to make even more money from the same customers. They won't have to improve service or bring Internet to areas where it doesn't exist, because they'll be able to keep growing their revenue by providing faster and faster Internet to the same customers. At least to those who will endure it price of.
