The Internet providers are have already tried to do this. Couple that with the fact that Internet provider are generally a monopoly or duopoly then there is ver

The Internet providers are have already tried to do this. Couple that with the fact that Internet provider are generally a monopoly or duopoly then there is very real harm if only a few explore this route. The following is from Reddit 6 months ago, link at the bottom. The original comment has links supporting each claim. >This dude's ridiculous. >... if you look at the Internet that we had in 2015, we were not living in some digital dystopia. There was nothing broken about the marketplace in such a fundamental way that these Title II regulations were appropriate. >2005 - Madison River Communications was blocking VOIP services. The FCC put a stop to it. >2005 - Comcast was denying access to p2p services without notifying customers. >2007-2009 - AT&T was having Skype and other VOIPs blocked because they didn't like there was competition for their cellphones. >2011 - MetroPCS tried to block all streaming except youtube. (edit: they actually sued the FCC over this) >2011-2013, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon were blocking access to Google Wallet because it competed with their bullshit. edit: this one happened literally months after the trio were busted collaborating with Google to block apps from the android marketplace >2012, Verizon was demanding google block tethering apps on android because it let owners avoid their $20 tethering fee. This was despite guaranteeing they wouldn't do that as part of a winning bid on an airwaves auction. (edit: they were fined $1.25million over this) >2012, AT&T - tried to block access to FaceTime unless customers paid more money. >2013, Verizon literally stated that the only thing stopping them from favoring some content providers over other providers were the net neutrality rules in place. >Like, dude. If you're gonna be a corrupt piece of shit, at least makes your lies more believable. This dude wants 'after-the-fact' regulation as opposed to preemptive regulation. Fucking news flash, you piece of shit. This is already after-the-fact. >6 month late edit: Replaced Sprint with T-Mobile in the Google Wallet example. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/69dnox/fcc_chief_net_neutrality_rules_treating_internet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/69dnox/fcc_chie...