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Have you forgotten the whole controversy about Verizon throttling Netflix back in July? This is a real scenario that has actually happened. http://www.business

Have you forgotten the whole controversy about Verizon throttling Netflix back in July? This is a real scenario that has actually happened. http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-netflix-youtube-throttling-speeds-2017-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-netflix-youtube-throt... Your other points hold up equally poorly: there are no unsolved technical hurdles in throttling or blocking specific sites or services -- as evidenced by the fact that they can and have already done so. As for "marketing" and "business model" and it being an "unpopular idea", these again fall back to the issue of consumer choice: in an effective monopoly, it doesn't matter a whit whether the populace dislikes the idea. It's not like Comcast is winning any popularity contests as it is.

dmix 9y ago
That is different from the type of satellite-tv style packages ("Social media package, Facebook/Twitter, for only $9.99!") type of thing that people are talking about with net neutrality. And the current FTC regulations in question didn't do anything in regards to that issue you linked to?
- outsidetheparty 9y ago
  > That is different from the type of satellite-tv style packages ("Social media package, Facebook/Twitter, for only $9.99!") type of thing that people are talking about with net neutrality. It's the flip side of the same coin. Without net neutrality, ISPs will be able to charge content providers like Netflix a toll to not be throttled out of viablity -- who will then presumably pass the costs on to end consumers -- or the ISPs can directly charge end consumers an extra toll for access to the full internet. (Of course they'll do both, after some experimentation to find the best profit::outrage ratio.) > And the current FTC regulations in question didn't do anything in regards to that issue you linked to? ...they kinda did? In that Verizon had to back off and wait for net neutrality to be repealed before they could try again? (I assume you meant FCC, not FTC, in all of this. The FTC, of course, doesn't have any authority here until after the common carrier regulations are lifted. So, roughly a month from now.)

dmix 9y ago

That is different from the type of satellite-tv style packages ("Social media package, Facebook/Twitter, for only $9.99!") type of thing that people are talking about with net neutrality. And the current FTC regulations in question didn't do anything in regards to that issue you linked to?

outsidetheparty 9y ago
> That is different from the type of satellite-tv style packages ("Social media package, Facebook/Twitter, for only $9.99!") type of thing that people are talking about with net neutrality. It's the flip side of the same coin. Without net neutrality, ISPs will be able to charge content providers like Netflix a toll to not be throttled out of viablity -- who will then presumably pass the costs on to end consumers -- or the ISPs can directly charge end consumers an extra toll for access to the full internet. (Of course they'll do both, after some experimentation to find the best profit::outrage ratio.) > And the current FTC regulations in question didn't do anything in regards to that issue you linked to? ...they kinda did? In that Verizon had to back off and wait for net neutrality to be repealed before they could try again? (I assume you meant FCC, not FTC, in all of this. The FTC, of course, doesn't have any authority here until after the common carrier regulations are lifted. So, roughly a month from now.)