Ugh this article was so frustrating to read. To say “oh look a nazi website can’t find a hosting service” == the internet is already not neutral is such a straw

Ugh this article was so frustrating to read. To say “oh look a nazi website can’t find a hosting service” == the internet is already not neutral is such a straw man argument. Even if hosting services were censoring everything it clearly doesn’t help the problem to allow ISP’s to censor what traffic goes through their infrastructure on top of that. This article misses the key point of NN - it’s that ISP’s already will not have competition due to high barriers to entry (case in point Google is even winding down their fiber investments). To compare ISPs to Facebook, G and amazon is apples and oranges - it currently takes very little upfront cost to host a website and “compete” with them. Their monopolies are purely because they provide good quality services that consumers want. ISPs on the other hand have zero competition in most areas and are natural monopolies due to the amount of money (and lobbying) required to build network infrastructure. Using that power to force people to use their services or pay a fee to access others is classic vertical integration and shouldn’t be allowed.