As far as I personally understand, net neutrality is mostly about disconnect between content and src/dst - under perfect net neutrality only source and destinat

As far as I personally understand, net neutrality is mostly about disconnect between content and src/dst - under perfect net neutrality only source and destination should matter for packet delivery. Does not matter whether this is a last mile connection or tier 1 intercontinent connection. I personally believe that DNS/IP site blocking is against net neutrality. Net neutrality, common carrier, DMCA safe harbour and similar are based on similar non-discrimination provisions. All analogies I can think of are a bit leaky, but the closest to my mind is package shipping. Under perfect net neutrality, a resident purchases two mailboxes from last mile provider (ISP) under certain fee. Last mile provider commits to emptying outbound box and filling inbound box two times a day. If everything destined to resident does not fit into mailbox - packages will be redelivered at next scheduled delivery. Obviously resident can only send as much packages at a time as they can fit to the mailbox (connection speed). Last mile provider commits to delivering wherever the packages are destined to be delivered even if the package smells of dead dead bodies and make geiger counter scream. If they have to hand off packages to peers - that is their problem and their expenses. Continuing this analogy, FCC's plan is to allow shipping companies to make clients submit unpackaged parcels (meaning subcontractors can open packages and inspect contents and both last mile carrier and original sender) at packaging station where company can inspect the parcel, source, destination and charge/queue packages differently based on these criteria. Some practical consequences of that could be for example shipping time dependency on retailer/product. You could get a WD drive from Amazon in a day, but Seagate drive in a week. The same company could ship Seagates from Wallmart in a day, but WDs in a week. As a customer you could have no idea. Net neutrality, on the other hand, does not allow to deliver packages from you to your neighbor (which is obviously cheaper) at reduced price. If your neighbors constantly fill their outbound mailboxes to the extent that pickup truck has to ride back to distribution center, come back to to your street and resume collection, net neutrality does not allow pickup truck to skip packages to pick your once in a month package for faster delivery. If the package is too big to fit into mailbox it has to be split into smaller packages and assembled by recipient. If you received your large machine critical to your business in small pieces over a month, assembled and are only waiting for batteries to arrive, net neutrality does not allow to ship your batteries under higher priority than hair tie to your neighbor who has moved out a week ago.