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Network neutrality, often referred to as net neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method of communication (i.e., without price discrimination).Supporters of net neutrality argue that it prevents ISPs from filtering Internet content without a court order, fosters freedom of speech and democratic participation, promotes competition and innovation, prevents dubious services, maintains the end-to-end principle, and that users would be intolerant of slow-loading websites. Opponents of net neutrality argue that it reduces investment, deters competition, increases taxes, imposes unnecessary regulations, prevents the Internet from being accessible to poor people, prevents Internet traffic from being allocated to the most needed users, that large ISPs already have a performance advantage over smaller providers, and that there is already significant competition among ISPs with few competitive issues.

Net neutrality - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Principle that Internet service providers should treat all data equally Portuguese Internet service provider MEO offered smartphone contracts with monthly data limits, and sells additional monthly packages for particular data services. [ 1 ] Critics of EU net neutrality rules say loopholes allow data for different services to be sold under zero rating exceptions to data limits. [ 2 ] Consumer advocates of net neutrality have cited this pricing model as an illustration of Internet access with weak net neutrality pr

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