Question

1. This first question focuses on the FCC’s 2015 Net Neutrality Rules and Internet Service Providers (ISP) behaviors.

(25 Points Total – 5 points each)

1. Define Net Neutrality.
2. What are the three bright line rules of the FCC’s 2015 Net Neutrality Rules?
3. Why are these rules important?
4. What does the FCC have to say about the ISPs’ behaviors when ISPs violate these rules?
5. Do the ISPs behavior impose an externality? Explain, provide a definition of externality and a graph if an externality exists.

Answer 1

Answer Net Neutrality- Concept of net neurrality came in 2002.

The concept came in origin due to the efforts by the federal communication commission. ,which is a regulatory body of US. In 2015, under the Obama Administration, net neutrality rules were approved. Those rules, in part, barred internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast from deliberately speeding up or slowing down traffic to or from specific websites based on demand or business preferences.

Answer -2

• ISP cannot block legal content and services.
• ISP cannot slow down the internet based on content and services used by users.
• ISP cannot accept money to provide favorable access to users.

Answer 3 These rules are crucial for providers because they can have ameliorate access to users based not on quality alone, but also on the financial support with ISP