AT&T Will Put Cash In Your Pocket If You Help Kill Net Neutrality - Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder

AT&T Will Put Cash In Your Pocket If You Help Kill Net Neutrality - Ring Of Fire Radio: Robert Kennedy Jr, Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder

Since the Supreme Court decision earlier this year
regarding the FCC’s ability to regulate Verizon, debates over net
neutrality have been ramping up. The latest blow to be delivered in the
battle has come from AT&T and is a response to Netflix’s request for
strong net neutrality rules.

What is Net Neutrality? In the simplest of terms, the
concept of Net Neutrality is an agreement by ISPs and other internet
intermediaries to treat all data equally. This is to say that the data
of a funny cat picture will be given the same priority as the latest
episode of Orange is the New Black as an email from your daughter.

AT&T announced in a filing with the FCC that if
customers will let it charge companies like Netflix a premium for faster
delivery of its content, it will lower the price its customers are
paying on their bills.

In reality, where the rest of us live, the practice of
allowing ISPs to charge for consistent or improved delivery will change
the dynamic of how the internet works. Instead of being an open road
that anyone can travel on, all roads will become toll roads. ISPs will
be able to set a premium on travel to certain locations and,
effectively, prevent anyone from seeing content that they don’t deem
appropriate.