Question

Without net neutrality, which of these situations might occur? (Select all that apply.) a cable company might charge different bandwidth rates for large corporations and individual consumers an online newspaper might find its website slowing down because a telecomm company does not like its politics a big movie studio might find its upcoming film streamed illegally a service provider might choose not to provide service in poor areas

Answer 1

Answer:

a. a cable company might charge different bandwidth rates for large corporations and individual consumers

b. an online newspaper might find its website slowing down because a telecomm company does not like its politics

d. a service provider might choose not to provide service in poor areas

Explanation:

Net Neutrality is the idea that internet service providers are not to discriminate against users or treat them unequally due to their content, the information they wish to share, their website, the type of device they are using, etc. This principle also ensures that users are not charged differently based on the reasons listed above, among others.

Without this principle put in place, internet service providers can decide to slow down people's networks, charge differently, or entirely block a network because the users do not measure up to some of their standards or criteria.