The article makes some good points. The problem the article illustrates is that the interconnection points that comprise the hardware of the internet are comme

The article makes some good points. The problem the article illustrates is that the interconnection points that comprise the hardware of the internet are commercial property that costs money by commercial companies who derive profit from those piped. A valid solution is to regulate both the network providers and the content providers. The network providers should not be allowed to selectively throttle connectivity to targeted sources. At the same time the content providers should not be allowed to exploit their users with malicious script execution pushed through online advertisements and excessive privacy violations. If the online advertising industry weren't fixated upon stalking users and harmful negligence perhaps there would be less incentive for the network providers to throttle that content. There would certainly be a lot more bandwidth. I will just leave these here: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15703061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15703061 * https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/an-alarming-number-of-sites-employ-privacy-invading-session-replay-scripts/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/an-alarming-numb... * https://www.engadget.com/2016/01/08/you-say-advertising-i-say-block-that-malware/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/01/08/you-say-advertising-i-sa... * https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/malvertising-when-online-ads-attack https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime...