How does Net Neutrality Impact You?
Click "Net Neutrality Simulation" and see how Internet Service Providers (ISPs) could change your Internet experience.
Monthly Wikipedia page views: 18 billion.
You Pay an Additional Cost to Your ISP
Wikipedia doesn't have the resources to pay for every visitor. So you pay your ISP for access.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Monthly Ebay Visitors: 1.4 Billion
Ebay Pays an Additional Cost to Your ISP
Ebay pays the Internet Service Providers so you don't have to pay for direct access.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Monthly Visitors: 542 million
You Pay an Additional Cost to Your ISP
Reddit doesn't have the resources to pay for every visitor. So you pay your ISP for access.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Pornhub Visits Per Second: 729
ISP Decided to Blackout All Pornograhy Sites
You have no access. You can't even pay your ISP for access.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Paid Streaming Subscribers: 94 million
You Pay an Additional Cost to Your ISP
In order to get good streaming you pay extra
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Small business owners with a website: 58% Midwest, 72% South, 73% Northeast, 77% West
You Pay an Additional Cost to Your ISP
Local stores don't have the resources to pay for every visitor. The cost is passed onto you.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Searches in Google per day: 3.5 billion
Search Engines Pay an Additional Cost to Your ISP
Large search engines pay the Internet Service Providers so you don't have to pay for direct access. They have a lot of money to deliver their service without passing a cost onto the consumer.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Monthly Facebook Users Worldwide: 2.07 billion
Facebook Pays an Additional Cost to Your ISP
Large social networks pay the Internet Service Providers so you don't have to pay for access. They have a lot of money to deliver their service without passing a cost onto the consumer.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Amazon Users: 300 Million
You Don't Have to Pay
Large e-commerce sites pay the Internet Service Providers so you don't have to pay direct for access. They have a lot of money to deliver their service without passing a cost onto the consumer.
Internet Services Providers(ISP)
Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication.
Without net neutrality, ISPs can force websites like Amazon or Netflix to pay additional fees to be accessible. Without net neutrality ISPs have the ability to smother their competition by simply making it inaccessible to consumers. Garage-based startups of the world simply cease to exist, unable to even reach market. If net neutrality is removed ISPs will have full reign over the internet, this likely means you can expect to see things like Internet fast lanes - what does that mean? Imagine having to pay extra money to access websites like Facebook or Hulu.