With the advent of internet, people in growing numbers are getting addicted to logging onto
the Internet out of various purposes, which has aroused deeply social concern. Therefore, the
issue of whether the bill of using the Internet should be paid by the government or the users
themselves has been open to debate. In my opinion, it is more reasonable to require the individuals
to cover the fee of internet usage, with the reasons as follow.
To begin with, the users of the internet are supposed to pay the bills in order relieve the
financial burden of government. With the popularization of the internet, the number of people
going online every day has increased to a lot, which means that the money spent on the Internet is
tremendous. Such a large sum of money can do nothing but occupy a great proportion of the
governmental expenditure, thus cutting down on the investment of government on other more pressing
fields like improving the public transportation and eradicating the poverty. By contrast, if the fee
of internet usage comes from the wallet of individual, the situation will become totally different.
To illustrate, the abundant financial resources of government saved by this practice can better
facilitate the economic development and render the life of the mass of more convenient and
comfortable.
In addition, requiring the individuals to pay for the bill of internet access will help to
establish better social relationship between people. As is common sense, with the wide application
of electronic devices boosted by easy access to the Internet, people especially youngsters are
indulged in the cyber or virtual world created by the by the social network and various Apps on the
cell phone. Consequently, it is not uncommon to observe that when a group of white collars sit
at a table in a restaurant waiting for their meals, they watch the screen of their smart phones
instead of interacting with the guys near them, which greatly alienates the bond between them. In
this case, the free use of internet will aggravate this situation to a large extent. However, if
the fee of the internet usage is covered by the individuals instead of the government, many people
will reduce their time spent in surfing the internet in order to save money. As a result, the
face-to-face communication will become more frequent and thus the closer and more intimate
relationship between people will be set up.