SINCE THE NET NEUTRALITY REPEAL WAS ANNOUNCED, U.S. INTERNET SPEED HAS IMPROVED FROM THE 12TH BEST IN THE WORLD TO THE 6TH BEST
by Kevin Ryan
When FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced late last year that the so-called ?net neutrality? regulations imposed during the Obama administration would be repealed, it set off a media firestorm. The left declared that your connection speed would be slowed significantly by internet service providers throttling back your service in order to extort higher fees out of you.
Chairman Pai, on the other hand, said ending the onerous regulations would increase private technological investment and boost speeds, which had been flat since net neutrality was imposed.
So, who was right?
When the repeal was announced late last year, the U.S. had the 12th fastest fixed broadband service in the world:
https://web.archive.org/?/www.sp?/global-index/united-states.
Since the announcement, the U.S. has improved to the 6th fastest in the world: http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/united-states#fixed
As you can see from the graph in this post, there was a definite upward bend in U.S. internet speed following the announcement. And data also shows increased technological investment by ISPs after the government said it would end the order regulating the internet as a public utility.
When you tell the private sector how much it has to charge or who it must or must not enter into customer agreements with, it stifles innovation. Only when a buyer and seller are fully free to decide the terms of sale do both parties benefit.
SOURCES: http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/united-states#fixed
https://nypost.com/?/no-the-end-of-net-neutrality-isnt-cyb?/
http://reason.com/?/net-neutrality-supporters-should-actuall
http://www.insidesources.com/point-net-neutrality-bad-cons?/
http://pjmedia.com/?/fcc-commissioner-free-content-might-?/?
http://www.forbes.com/?/fcc-plans-stealth-internet-tax-inc?/
http://www.internetfreedomcoalition.com/?p=4342
https://web.archive.org/?/www.sp?/global-index/united-states
by Kevin Ryan
When FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced late last year that the so-called ?net neutrality? regulations imposed during the Obama administration would be repealed, it set off a media firestorm. The left declared that your connection speed would be slowed significantly by internet service providers throttling back your service in order to extort higher fees out of you.
Chairman Pai, on the other hand, said ending the onerous regulations would increase private technological investment and boost speeds, which had been flat since net neutrality was imposed.
So, who was right?
When the repeal was announced late last year, the U.S. had the 12th fastest fixed broadband service in the world:
https://web.archive.org/?/www.sp?/global-index/united-states.
Since the announcement, the U.S. has improved to the 6th fastest in the world: http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/united-states#fixed
As you can see from the graph in this post, there was a definite upward bend in U.S. internet speed following the announcement. And data also shows increased technological investment by ISPs after the government said it would end the order regulating the internet as a public utility.
When you tell the private sector how much it has to charge or who it must or must not enter into customer agreements with, it stifles innovation. Only when a buyer and seller are fully free to decide the terms of sale do both parties benefit.
SOURCES: http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/united-states#fixed
https://nypost.com/?/no-the-end-of-net-neutrality-isnt-cyb?/
http://reason.com/?/net-neutrality-supporters-should-actuall
http://www.insidesources.com/point-net-neutrality-bad-cons?/
http://pjmedia.com/?/fcc-commissioner-free-content-might-?/?
http://www.forbes.com/?/fcc-plans-stealth-internet-tax-inc?/
http://www.internetfreedomcoalition.com/?p=4342
https://web.archive.org/?/www.sp?/global-index/united-states
