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I must just live in a good area because I don’t understand why people still rally around this. In the past 10 years my home internet speed has gone from 15mb to

I must just live in a good area because I don’t understand why people still rally around this. In the past 10 years my home internet speed has gone from 15mb to 200mb with Charter/Spectrum without me paying another dime. They keep sending me free modem upgrades and there’s no fee attached. The service is good enough that I can stream 4 HD shows at the same time without an issue and internet based TV services are a viable option for people around the country. And I can do this without any noticeable drop off in work usage. What is the expected gain from Net Neutrality at this point?

xkemp 7y ago
None of that has anything to do with NN. NN is when you can't get to "Social Media Startup X" because they didn't pay your ISP. You are unlikely to even notice this, because only newcomers would be required to pay ransom. Blocking existing sites would lead to customer complaints and actual competition.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
  > NN is when you can't get to "Social Media Startup X" because they didn't pay your ISP. That sounds bad! Any examples of that ever happening before or after NN?
  - Treblemaker 7y ago
    This is the case that first brought it to my attention: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/fcc-rules-against-comcast-bit-torrent-blocking https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/fcc-rules-against-comc....
    - SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
      Ok, so YEARS before Net Neutrality and the FCC fined them for doing it. So, in no way supportive of the NN argument.