net neutrality
Equal data treatment
Net neutrality is the principle that internet service providers should treat all online content equally, without blocking, throttling, or charging more for certain websites or services.
Advocates argue it preserves the open internet; opponents say it limits business flexibility.
The debate over net neutrality intensified when the FCC proposed new regulations.
Data transmission capacity
- throttlingRestricting flow or speed
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- fast lanesLeftmost highway channels
- slow lanesLower-speed traffic channels
zero-rating · traffic management · peering · interconnection · quality of service · last mile · equal treatment · open access
Web access company
- ComcastTelecommunications and cable conglomerate
- VerizonTelecommunications corporation
- AT&TTelecommunications conglomerate
- telecomRemote signal transmission field
service provider · carrier · wireless carrier · incumbent · monopoly · duopoly · vertical integration · market power
Online privacy legal protections
- public interestSocietal welfare and benefit
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
- internet freedomUnrestricted online access rights
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
electronic frontier · petition · protest · John Oliver · activism · lobbying · tech companies · civil liberties
Broadcast oversight agency
- common carrierTransport service open to all
- reclassificationChanging an item's category
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- complianceAdhering to requirements
enforcement · court ruling · public comment · rulemaking · legal challenge
Creating something original
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- barrier to entryCompetitive impediment for newcomers
- level playing fieldEqual competitive conditions
- small businessModest independent commercial venture
content creators · entrepreneurship · gatekeeping · digital economy · consumer choice · winner-take-all
bandwidth
Data transmission capacity
- throttlingRestricting flow or speed
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- fast lanesLeftmost highway channels
slow lanes · zero-rating · traffic management · peering · interconnection · quality of service · last mile · equal treatment · open access · fair access
ISP
Web access company
- ComcastTelecommunications and cable conglomerate
- VerizonTelecommunications corporation
- AT&TTelecommunications conglomerate
telecom · service provider · carrier · wireless carrier · incumbent · monopoly · duopoly · vertical integration · market power · subscriber
digital rights
Online privacy legal protections
- public interestSocietal welfare and benefit
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
- internet freedomUnrestricted online access rights
electronic frontier · grassroots · petition · protest · John Oliver · activism · lobbying · tech companies · civil liberties · free press
FCC
Broadcast oversight agency
- common carrierTransport service open to all
- reclassificationChanging an item's category
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
compliance · enforcement · court ruling · public comment · rulemaking · legal challenge
innovation
Creating something original
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- barrier to entryCompetitive impediment for newcomers
- level playing fieldEqual competitive conditions
small business · content creators · entrepreneurship · gatekeeping · digital economy · consumer choice · winner-take-all
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- digital societyinternet, digital age, internet culture, digital natives, digital literacy
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, telephone calls, antennas
- digital rightsdigital rights, digital freedom, digital privacy, data privacy, data protection
- Online Activismhashtag activism, online petitions, social media activism, clicktivism, slacktivism
- Policyeconomic policy, public policy, energy policy, tax policy, domestic policy
network, neutral, networks, networking, neutrality, networked, neutralized, neutralizing, neutrally