Arellano University School Law
TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW
1st Semester – SY 2010
Atty. M. V. Guererro
Maramba, Divina Gracia M.
2007 – 0321
2nd Reaction Paper
Topic: Reaction on Net Neutrality Issues
Net neutrality simply put is free and open access to internet. It advocates the internet users’ freedom to: (i) access any web content they choose; and (ii) use any applications they choose, without restrictions or limitations imposed by the service provider. Included in this freedom is access any website free of charge, no payment, no charge, no monetary consideration for every downloads or uploads and on communication methods such as VoIP among others.
However, much as we are enjoying free access to the web there some groups who wanted to put an end to the said net neutrality by regulating and putting restrictions on the use of internet.
The author supports net neutrality but subject to regulation. It should be a neutral internet where there may be several levels of access which should be charged more than what the users are currently paying but such charges must be standard to all the users and not dependent on which service provider is being used by the user. To avoid discrimination on the level of access offered by different service provider there must be a standard service package that every service provider must offer so that the internet users were assured that though they have different service providers or network operator all of them can access on the same web level.
Note: The above discussion/reaction was made for academic purposes only.
