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The US doesn't have a problem with net neutrality, they have a problem with monopolies. as you all know, net neutrality means that all traffic is given equal a

The US doesn't have a problem with net neutrality, they have a problem with monopolies. as you all know, net neutrality means that all traffic is given equal access. but that is an obscure concept to anyone outside of tech. What consumers want is fast cheap & reliable broadband(that they can actually buy). In Europe, if your ISP is shite, then you change ISP to a better one. This has driven down the price of broadband, and with some cash injections from governments, increased the speed from 512k to at least 20meg in most places(with most suburban places having access to 500meg). Not only that, but ISPs bundle "free" access to things like netflix, which doesn't count against a cap (if you have one). In the US, if you're lucky you have a choice of two ISPs. They are both shite, and both don't bother competing, apart from being more and more shite to you. Despite the FCC's bundling rules, there is no practical way to operate a virtual ISP on resold copper/fibre/coax. So if I was to create a new campaign, it wouldn't be for net neutrality, it would be called "American Competitive Internet" with some nonsense about making america better by going back to what made it strong: competition. Then enforce reasonable resale rates, so that virtual ISPs can be a thing. second I would enforce rules that mean you can only charge for transit, not peering (with caveats)

zelphirkalt 4y ago
In Germany one can change the ISP (only if the one you have is not the only one available though), but I have yet to see an ISP actually measuring the things that often are important for me: A reliable connection. No ping spikes, no drop in throughput. Constant quality. I can live with half the throughput, if only I had at least some guarantees about my connection's stability and latencies. I would gladly pay 5-10 euro more per month for such guarantees. So yeah, you can ISP hop, but might be hopping for a long time or in circles, until you get better than 3rd world country Internet connection.

zelphirkalt 4y ago

In Germany one can change the ISP (only if the one you have is not the only one available though), but I have yet to see an ISP actually measuring the things that often are important for me: A reliable connection. No ping spikes, no drop in throughput. Constant quality. I can live with half the throughput, if only I had at least some guarantees about my connection's stability and latencies. I would gladly pay 5-10 euro more per month for such guarantees. So yeah, you can ISP hop, but might be hopping for a long time or in circles, until you get better than 3rd world country Internet connection.