Net neutrality sounds great if looked at from one perspective. And if looked at from a worst case perspective.
But also remember that these companies need the customers in order to survive. So shifting where we spend money will also shift company policies.
It isn’t unreasonable to some extent for a company to try to balance its load and manage resources. So if you are a heavy data user, and you can’t live without Netflix and YouTube and downloading torrents all day, then I’m happy to let you pay more for your internet usage.
Let the rest of us that aren’t intensive data users have our cheap internet back.
Requiring companies to provide maximum access to everything means they have to build and maintain a network capable of having every single subscriber downloading data at maximum bandwidth simultaneously. That’s a huge cost that they now spread to all of us, instead of just some of us now.
A couple years back, I paid $19 a month for Internet access that provided me with everything I needed.
Now my cheapest Internet option is $99 month, whether I need that level of service or not.
The expense of providing the level of service that net neutrality requires, also decreased competition. My local area went from 40 ISP choices in in a 100 mile range, to now having only 2 options total to cover the entire state.
So with the loss of competition, guess who suffers. The consumer.
So yeah, bring back the open market. Let the ISP’s fight for our use. Let the little guys back in, even if they can’t meet the load that the big guys can carry. If they can offer a better price and provide a level of service sufficient for my needs, then great.
Get enough of those little guys back in operation, and the big guys will start dropping prices again.
So I’d say open the market back up. Let it balance itself. We’re the consumers. And our spending will control the big guys (as long as you are willing to move your spending to enact change).
We don’t need the government limiting our options. Voting with your wallet is power.
I'd agree with you IF the majority of American's had a good number of reasonable options. But you are advocating for choice where there is none.
This isn't like buying a car, or a phone or a TV. The majority have one option and even there it's usually poor and overpriced. How can you sit there and say 'consumers will shift their spending habbits' - do you not understand the stangehold ISP's in the US have? The internet is no longer a luxury but a necessity for modern work and life.
Once again you are showing your massive levels of ignorance NN != data caps, they can still happily charge less for a service that provides less data. You clearly have no idea what NN is.
Requiring companies to provide maximum access to everything means they have to build and maintain a network capable of having every single subscriber downloading data at maximum bandwidth simultaneously.
Yes EXACTLY! But the consumer is PAYING FOR IT! Do you not understand how the internet works and the fundamental principles of packet transmission?
Jesus christ this post is another example of sheer ignorance on the issue of NN.
Most ISP's have corrupted and warped their position to make it close to impossible for new guys to enter the market. You can't demand competition and be anti-NN and claim NN made everything more expensive. If you actually had the faintest idea of what you were talking about you would understand that before Title 2 (aka NN) you had Title 1 which protected you. You've basically never not had NN, only differing degrees. Also Comcast's infrastructure spending INCREASED under Title 2.