{"id":719,"date":"2014-05-20T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/convergedsystems.com\/blog\/?p=719"},"modified":"2018-10-09T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:56:15","slug":"fccvote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/fccvote\/","title":{"rendered":"3-2 FCC Vote on New Proposal for Net Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1094\" src=\"http:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gears.jpg\" alt=\"fcc net neutrality vote\" width=\"207\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gears.jpg 2218w, https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gears-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gears-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gears-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, May 15, the FCC voted 3-2 on pursuing a new proposal regarding Internet traffic. As a brief <a href=\"http:\/\/convergedsystems.com\/blog\/net-neutrality-law-clears-european-committee\/\">reminder<\/a>, net neutrality is the idea that Internet traffic is fair game for all companies. This means that top companies don&#8217;t have an advantage over smaller companies in regards to Internet speed. Additionally, the bigger companies can\u2019t control what data loads faster and what loads slower in their favor.<\/p>\n<p>New regulations have the potential to change all of that, depending on how the FCC scripts its final rules. Instead of equal Internet speed for all customers, companies could compete and outrank each other by purchasing faster Internet speeds, which in turn would \u00a0increase the amount of money customers are being charged. However, even if the customers pay for faster Internet, it doesn\u2019t mean that all of the websites they visit will load at the same, fast speed. Depending on the company, preference may be given to certain websites which will affect loading time.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue is that if big companies can pay for the best Internet speeds, where does that leave startups? Startup companies will have difficulty keeping up financially with the bigger, established companies and may never be able to. As reported by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/05\/15\/fcc-net-neutrality-proposal\/\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mashable<\/a>, net neutrality advocates are worried that the new proposal will create an \u201cInternet of slow and fast lanes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s vote hasn&#8217;t solidified any rules yet, and lines are open for the next 120 days for people to share their beliefs and comments on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F719&#038;t=3-2%20FCC%20Vote%20on%20New%20Proposal%20for%20Net%20Neutrality&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F719&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2Fgears.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=3-2%20FCC%20Vote%20on%20New%20Proposal%20for%20Net%20Neutrality\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F719&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F719&#038;title=3-2%20FCC%20Vote%20on%20New%20Proposal%20for%20Net%20Neutrality\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, May 15, the FCC voted 3-2 on pursuing a new proposal regarding Internet traffic. As a brief reminder, net neutrality is the idea that Internet traffic is fair game for all companies. This means that top companies don&#8217;t have an advantage over smaller companies in regards to Internet speed. Additionally, the bigger companies&#8230; <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/fccvote\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-converged-tips","category-knowledge-based"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3-2 FCC Vote on New Proposal for Net Neutrality - Converged Systems Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/fccvote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3-2 FCC Vote on New Proposal for Net Neutrality - Converged Systems Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Thursday, May 15, the FCC voted 3-2 on pursuing a new proposal regarding Internet traffic. 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