Net Neutrality came about when people wanted to use face time apps and other high intensity bandwidth uses over wireless internet.
Imagine if netflix were a trucking company, and they wanted the exclusive use of the highway system to deliver their goods.
That's what's happening here, higher bandwidth services such as streaming, chatting in real time, etc demanded higher network services.
They should be charged more.
People don't realize what's involved in sharing their stupid conversations over the internet.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 42079668 Your points don't actually make sense. Your analogy with a trucking company is quite uneducated to be honest.
Within that example netflix with be using the roads paid for by taxes (ISP subscription charges for the Internet and Taxes for actual roads) but they would then be required to pay a surcharge to use the road alongside of you to deliver the packages you want to you.
Big difference is that the roads cost a lot of money, extra bandwidth is pretty cheap and generally doesn't require much extra hardware where we are now. And keep in mind that the actual bandwidth (The actual roads of the internet) Have long been subsidized by the government and your tax payer money.
The ISPs are just milking every dollar out of their monopolies.
Sorry I felt I needed to use a very small brained analogy to break it down for you.
Anyone who supports net "neutrality" ( a misleading name by the way ) supports the full government control of the internet.
Bottom line.
That is what will lead to internet being like television.
It's been proven time and time again government control makes things worse, not better.
Net neutrality gives the government the power to regulate and with it, it's only a matter of time before the internet in fact becomes not free, and websites like this will disappear.
As far as bandwidth you aren't going to argue that more demand on the network puts more stress and requires more power, more maintenance, etc.
You simply can't deny that.
So companies as well as people who want "fair internet" don't realize the costs involved in what they want.
Lets be honest, mostly folks who support net neutrality are concerned with their download speeds being slowed, because they are downloading tons of media, illegally.
The only other people supporting this lunacy would be brainwashed liberals.
Which one are you?
