WorksheetsBTEC DIT C3 LAC - Net Neutrality
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Equal access is about making sure you get the internet speeds you pay for.
True
False
What is the term sometimes used to describe the unequal access between poorer countries/people and richer countries/people?
The Digital Divide
The Equality Act
Net Neutrality
IT Inequality
What does net neutrality mean?
Websites cannot discriminate against individuals based on protected characteristics.
Internet speeds should accurately match the speeds that were advertised for the service.
Everyone should have equal and open access to the web.
Businesses should be able to pay for priority fast-lanes on the internet.
What would be the impact on businesses of not having net neutrality?
Choose two options.
They may have to pay extra for fast internet speeds for employees to do their work.
They would have faster internet speeds at the same price they currently pay with net neutrality.
They may have to pay extra for fast internet speeds for customers visiting their website.
They may find their internet bill will become cheaper saving them money.
True or False: Internet Service Providers would believe that getting rid of the net neutrality laws from 2015 would be a win to help with charging for faster speeds.
True
False
A company that provides internet access to customers for a fee is called __________________________________.
Comcast
Internet
Internet service provider
Social media network
Which of the following would be positive effects on a organisation if Net Neutrality were removed? (Choose all that apply)
Better and more reliable services could be possible.
Used choice could become limited, eg. search results filtered to clients who pay.
Smaller organisations may not be able to compete or innovate with larger rivals.
ISP's could subsidise free internet for more people from greater profits.
Which of the following would be negative effects on a organisation if Net Neutrality were removed? (Choose all that apply)
Free speech through social networking could be blocked or filtered
Block illegal use of peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies which allow sharing of copyrighted material.
ISP's can charge content providers more for resource-hungry traffic such as gaming, video etc. allowing more investment in their networks.
Greater monitoring of users' online activities, sold to advertisers etc.
Net neutrality is seen to be beneficial to smaller businesses.
True
False
Net neutrality means that ISP's do not block, tamper with, speed up or slow down any data transfers based on source, destination or type of access.
True
False
