More than eight in 10 U. S. IT workers surveyed support the nation’s net neutrality regulations, and many are worried that President Donald Trump administration’s likely repeal of the rules will hurt their industry.
Some 82 percent of 411 IT workers responding to an online survey by Spiceworks support the net neutrality rules, while just 11 percent oppose them, the company said Wednesday. If the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules are repealed, 59 percent of respondents said they believe their companies’ internet costs will rise, and 47 percent said they believe their companies’ access to important internet services will be degraded.
IT workers debating net neutrality on the Spiceworks website “care deeply about the subject, with one side arguing government regulation of the internet is unnecessary and counterproductive, while others fear potential deregulation of net neutrality could put companies at the mercy of ISPs,” Peter Tsai, an IT analyst at Spiceworks, wrote in a blog post .
Forty-five percent of respondents say they expect upload or download speeds to get slower if the rules are scrapped.
