Your examples are actually pretty spot on. > * Average load times for the 1000 most popular webpages will decrease. Absolutely possible if companies in the to

Your examples are actually pretty spot on. > * Average load times for the 1000 most popular webpages will decrease. Absolutely possible if companies in the top 1000 pay for priority over other companies in the top 1000. Also possible if an ISP decides to make their own version of a top 1000 site, and throttles its competitors. > * There will be fewer internet startups over the next 5 years than the previous. When ISPs create an artificial barrier to entry such as paid prioritization, costs to start a business and become profitable will increase, which will absolutely reduce the amount of new startups.