Net Neutrality

By: Derek, Daniel, Ethan, Chris, and Diego

 How the Internet Works
Internet Service Provider (ISP)

INTERNET!

Computer Router Modem

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What is Net Neutrality?
● Policy that makes ISPs treat all Internet content as equal
○ Prevents ISPs from slowing or blocking sites

Example: Comcast can NOT slow down Netflix to encourage people to use
Comcast’s streaming program under net neutrality.

● Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to keep net neutrality in

2015
● Net neutrality at risk under FCC’s leader Ajit Pai
○ Loss of net neutrality means ISPs can control content of Internet

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What Republicans In Congress Want:

- ‘Internet freedom’
- Less government intervention
- Broadband network investment

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What Democrats In Congress Want:

- Net neutrality
- ‘Freedom of speech’ and ‘civil liberties’ on
the internet
- Keeping privacy over internet
- Fair Business practices

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What ISP’s/The FCC Wants

- Profit/Funding
- Control over internet
- Freedom from the Government
- “Internet Freedom”
- To provide better service

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What the People/Businesses Want

- Cheaper Public Internet

- Fast, Reliable Internet
- Net Neutrality
- Fair business practices

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Possible Solutions
Eliminate net neutrality Communism
Keep net neutrality McDonalds wifi is the only ‘open internet’
Create one national ISP funded by government Have “internet blocks” available to public, pay for
Increase government funding towards all ISPs, no need to personal
charge for internet The Matrix
Start a petition to build our own ISP Pay of internet, but not in blocks
Fix it with nutella, via throwing nutella jars at ISP managers Use supreme court to reinstate Net Neutrality
NO INTERNET, READ BOOKS Leave the US
Create 2nd internet If Daniel can guess your card, you must bring back net
Publicize the dark web neutrality
Get rid of Pai Canada isn’t real
War Move to Canada, if it’s real
Create adware that redirects every web search to nutella.com Play a basketball game for net neutrality. Like Space
Add extra benefits for Republicans in a bill that would bring Jam. But instead of the Monstars, it’s Ajit Pai and the
back Title II and net neutrality FCC
If Canada is fake, bring back net neutrality

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Top 3 Ideas
1) Create one national ISP funded by government

2) Start a petition to build our own ISP

3) Create a compromise between ISPs and a public government network

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Idea One: Government ISP
Pros: Cons:

No access restrictions Angers capitalists and republicans

All under one host, no competing Will destroy current ISPs
companies
Extremely expensive

All under one host, one change

changes everything

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Idea Two: Petition to Create ISP
Pros: Cons:

Allows towns to control the Internet Angers socialists

EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE

Not enough resources

Not on a national scale

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Idea Three: Government Compromise
Pros: Cons:

Will please all sides Some loss, but on both sides

All sides will gain benefits Minor economic impacts

Most balanced idea

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Final Idea
Final Idea: Create a bill that allows a compromise between democrats and
republicans. People will pay for internet, but there will be public “internet
blocks” in places like businesses or companies. “Internet blocks” are areas
with free Internet access.

Name of Bill: Internet Block Act

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Part 1 Explained

Government taxes ISPs by 20% and uses

money to create Internet blocks in public
spaces.

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 Part 2 Explained

To compensate, ISPs increase private

Internet subscriptions by 20% for residential
areas and homes. 16
Part 3 Explained

Citizens are free to use the Internet blocks in

public spaces or pay more for private Internet
access.

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The Full Bill
To compensate, ISPs
increase private Internet
subscriptions by 20%
for residential areas and
Government
homes.
taxes ISPs by
20% and uses
money to create
Internet blocks.

Citizens are free to use the

Internet blocks in public spaces
or pay more for private Internet
access. 18
Pros Of The Bill:

Freely lets ISPs charge more (pleases capitalists)

Allows public internet access in many public spaces

(pleases socialists)

Not a massive increase in tax for ISPs

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Cons Of The Bill:

Lack of internet access in certain areas

Some citizens may lose internet due to price increases

Contradicts Internet Tax Freedom Act

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What Next?
● Ensure government builds more “internet blocks”
● Slowly decrease prices of Internet as it becomes more
widespread
● Potentially grow the bill beyond the US

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