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The fact that the same government that wanted that now wants to make sure that the Internet is "fair" SHOULD raise red flags and Trump's comparison of it to the Fairness Doctrine was actually a stroke of genius.
ISP's for the most part have adhered to the Net Neutrality principal since it's inception and forcefully since those rules have been formalized. It has done quite well on all fronts under NN whether it's commerce, the sharing of information, media or anything else you can think of.
The delivery of content is only a minor role in the internet economy. What benefit can be derived from having a company like Comcast who is delivering the content, is a content/service provider and lastly can turn the spigot on and off for other sites and services?
The only way this can turn out well is that other tech companies like Google for example start building out their own networks in earnest and adhere to NN principals giving Comcast competition.
Where I live Comcast performs quite well, always get the advertised speed and very rare is there any issues with the service. The price sucks as does the price for the 3mbps DSL which would be my only other option over Comcast.
I bet you can get it through the twisted pair copper coming into your house.
I pay for a Verizon 3mbps DSL connection for when I'm at my Grandmothers. I can login into my Comcast account, Netflix or whatever and watch just about any TV I want that I could watch at the house. It's questionable if I'm going to be able to do that without NN.
They'll all probably offer that, only it'll probably be $300 per month or something outrageous like that.
They would all charge $300/mo even without repealing Net Neutrality if they could. We'll have to see if these changes are a big enough disruption after net Neutrality is repealed before users and businesses start protesting the degraded service.
Basically, i would be more willing to accept Net Neutrality if all Internet providers are required to offer a premium tier of access with no restrictions on access, like we have now and the cheaper plans would have restrictions.
So you're willing to accept paying for something tomorrow that you get for free today.
Lol, I am amazed, but not surprised, that some people have no idea what this is. It is like they are not intelligent enough to understand it, or are being obtuse, or just backing whatever their guy/gal/party wants mindlessly.
No, with two teenagers with tablets and phones and me and my wife with tablets. We never had an issue.
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