This article is a look into how net neutrality is relevant to the average person. It starts out with a story about how the authors son was able to have a book read to him by his grandparent via a webcast. This is the event that got his mind rolling on the issue of net neutrality. In the article the author goes on to discuss the implications of having neutrality or not having it.
To begin his debate he talks about Comcast and their pursuit in slowing down person two person (P2P) traffic. According to him Comcast has gotten in trouble for slowing down and stopping P2P traffic because some of some files being copywrited. If a file has a copywrite it is illegal to share and distibute. This would include things like music and sites like LimeWire. The author goes on to describe the implications this type of activity would have on education and cable-internet-phone companies.
If companies are allowed to stop P2P traffic, what would be the problem?
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I am not quite sure about what you are asking... I guess the problem would be that a person traveling would not be allowed to read their child a story goodnight over the internet.
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I guess I don't fully understand what P2P traffic is. What I'm guessing is that if this is slowed down our internet would be slower? Which would be a disadvantage for everybody.
ReplyDeleteI don't really understand what the question is, but I think it would be unfair for the people who just wanted to talk to someone face to face using the webcast.
ReplyDeleteI think that if companies were aloud to stop person to person traffic, they would be able to stop files from being shared if they were copyrighted. The problem might be if they stop things that are not a problem, such as a grandparent reading a book to a child over a chat.
ReplyDeleteI guess that there would be less instances of copyright infringement and less in the way of illegal downloads. I'm sure that this is not all that would happen, some person to person traffic is probably legitimate and slowing it all down would be unwarranted.
ReplyDeletePeople who already engage in p2p trafficking would be ticked and would find a way to get what they want. Where there is a demand...there is a market and God bless democracy-unless of course you're the unfortunate soul who gets their hard earned work taken and used without any compensation...mmm but that's life and there are plenty of ways to get the bread.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't care if they got rid of file transfer options, but to not talk person to person via web, would irk me as I have relatives in Australia and the UK.
ReplyDeleteSo clearly people who wish to talk over long distances wouldn't be able to get that option and families would be less connected due to a great big ocean out there.
(is this what you were asking?)
I'm not really sure what P2P is but there seems to be an extremist who wants to stop everything illegal from happening with no exceptions such as reading a child's book to a grandparent online.
ReplyDeleteI feel this would be moving in a backward direction when it comes to technology and communication. I understand if you want to somehow refine the current way you are able to do so but getting rid of it would be a waste of useful resources.
ReplyDeleteP2P is a useful tool for sharing information, including things that are not copyrighted. I like having the option of using P2P networking.
ReplyDeleteStopping P2P traffic might help with some copyright issues, but it may inhibit a lot of other technology advances. P2P is a great networking tool and provides a more personal method of communication. By prohibiting P2P traffic, they might negatively impact many businesses that may use it to communicate over long distances. As well as the many families that may become disgruntled when they cannot use it to see their families across oceans or states. If they prohibit P2P trafficing, I think people will just find another way to get something similar.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like P2P traffic is a more personal type of engagement on the internet. I don't want any company messing with my personal stuff -- at least as little as possible...and especially if it interferes with interactions between me and my relatives and/or friends.
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