The definition of "ghetto" per Merriam-Webster online: a part of a city in which members of a particular group or race live usually in poor conditions.
That might soon extend to the Internet thanks to the recent ruling in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which decided that the FCC, which governs telecommunications and standards, did not have the authority to put rules in place governing how ISPs manage their Internet traffic.
This is not the end of net neutrality. As lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan put it in a recent PCMag Live broadcast, the FCC has the option to appeal, so the issue could end up adjudicated by the Supreme Court.
If it goes that far, the Supreme Court will hopefully make the right decision. The problem with the lack of net neutrality regulations and allowing ISPs to dictate Internet traffic bandwidth, traffic priority, and content, is that we face the very real danger of having Internet ghettos, or pockets of IP addresses in locations where many of the citizens are not wealthy and influential. An Internet ghetto could mean slower and filtered access.
