[Music] net neutrality its future is Up For Debate and many say its demise could change your experience online here's how I have no patience for useless things when you download from the internet it arrives in packets of data think of the packets as literal packages let's say you want to watch a Netflix movie which is 10 packages bit you order Netflix ships but first it has to go through a sorting facility in this analogy that's an internet service provider like Verizon or comcast now what net neutrality means is that all packages must be delivered at
the same rate if the Law changes a company like Netflix could pay extra to get on the first truck if a company doesn't pay they might be shut out of that first truck they'll get delivered eventually but if that climactic movie scene arrives late you know what that means and it's more than just movies media columnist David Carr with more who gets to go fast and who gets to go slow if my message comes to you really slowly another person's message comes quickly and directly who's going to be heard that has implications for democracy for
Commerce in the ongoing debate the forces of Silicon Valley are on one side with over 100 companies including Google and Facebook in support of net neutrality on the other side are cable companies with powerful lobbying efforts in Washington it's time to get the job finished the figure to watch at the Federal Communications Commission is Chairman Tom wheeler he was a big Obama fundraiser but also is a former lobbyist for the cable industry Mr Wheeler has vowed to forge ahead with introducing a new set of rules I believe that this process will put us on track
to quickly get to legally enforcable open internet rules Silicon Valley stance is clear the cable company's position is also clear but what about users net neutrality is usually a subject that elicits more glazed eyes than passion but that could change net neutrality is a super wonky thing nobody wants to look behind their computer look behind their television see what's really going on but where people get interested where they get actualized is when that stuff stops working then they want to know who made this [Music] [Music] happen [Music]
